They're on their way
I was biking back from work the day before yesterday, using the bike path that runs along the north shore of the Ottawa river near the city of the same name. There is a lookout spot at a turn of the path near Des Chênes rapids where I usually expect to see spandex-clad inline skaters relaxing and swigging water.
Instead, that day there were a dozen or so hippie types crouching in the grass, strange clothes, strange people, they had a fire on, some sort of improvised shelter... what the hell is going on here, have they come from the moon? Hey, they have a canoe too!? At which point I remembered this thread.
I stopped and had a quick chat with a few of them. They were having supper, had had a rough day (windy) but seemed in a good mood. There was no filming crew in sight - apparently they stick around when it's nice but go back to the hotel when it's not. On the river they have 2 zodiacs following the canoe, and no, they don't use paddles for the zodiacs.
I wished them a good trip and went my way, half-wishing I was one of the paddlers instead - no wind in my dreams...
Martin
P.S. Sorry, I forgot to check out the canoe.