The St Louis Canoe and Kayak Club supports canoe and kayak related activities, trips and educational programs. The Club promotes safe and ethical use of our waterways, volunteers to help keep our waterways clean, and provides instructional skills clinics through the year. Club membership includes:
- Free participation in ACA sanctioned club trips and skills clinics
- Right to vote at in-person meetings or votes by online survey
Save the date: Skills clinic June 7, 2025
Our annual flatwater skills clinic will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at Council Bluff Lake. Come on out to learn deep water skills in a kayak or canoe with others in a group at your skill level. You’ll learn skills for communication, strokes, turning, stopping, self-rescue, and partner-rescue. The clinic is free with club membership.
Membership levels
We offer paid individual and household/family memberships and free, reciprocal memberships to paid members of affiliate clubs. Our membership levels are detailed below:
- Individual Membership: Membership fee for 2024 is $20 per year and runs for one year starting the date you join
- Household/family Membership: Household/family membership fee for 2024 is $30 per year, includes all household/family members who share the same residence, and runs for one year starting the date you join. For children under the age of 18, the club will cover the cost for 6 total $10 ACA single-event fees for skills clinics or ACA sanctioned club trips.
- Affiliate Membership: The SLCKC offers reciprocal membership to verified members of Missouri Whitewater Association, Mississippi River Trails Association, and Team River Runner. Affiliate membership includes all privileges of a paid membership except the right to vote on issues presented at general meeting or by online survey. To join as an affiliate member you will be asked to provide the expiration date of your membership with your home club. Instructions: Email admin@stlcanoekayak.com to create an affiliate membership.
General tips
- To edit your profile, log in and go to Membership Tools >> Your Profile. You can update your contact details, ACA information, and other details.
- Our forums contain posts about common adventure trips and gear for sale and serve as a way for members to communicate and connect. Anyone can view the forums on the website but only those with website user accounts can post or reply in forums. Anyone can create a free website user account.
- For assistance: contact webteam@stlcanoekayak.com
Instructions for family memberships and signing minors up for trips
- The first adult family member will sign up for a Household/family Membership and select as many additional “group seats” as needed for additional household/family members.
- The system will provide a group code (write it down) that will be used by additional family members when they create their accounts. The family membership group code can always be found in the user account of the primary family member account under Membership Tools >> Membership Confirmation
- Each additional adult family member will click on “Join the Club” and sign up as an Additional Family Member. You will need to use a separate email address.
- To sign minors up for club trips or clinics, parents or caregivers can reserve Tickets for them in the Event checkout for each trip or clinic. Minors do not need their own website accounts for parents to sign them up for trips. To obtain a discount code to use to cover the cost of 6 total $10 ACA single-event fees, email admin@stlcanoekayak.com.
Consider annual membership with ACA
St Louis Canoe & Kayak Club is an American Canoe Association Paddle America Club and we use ACA for liability insurance at skills clinics and official club trips. Common adventure trips that occur on class II and below level water do not require ACA insurance, but participation in our club (ACA sanctioned) trips or clinics requires an ACA annual ($40) or single day membership ($10). If you are not an annual American Canoe Association member, there is a one-time $10 ACA event fee for each trip or clinic you attend. To sign up with the ACA, navigate to the ACA website below. Select “Join” or “Renew” and register or log-in as instructed. Be sure to indicate you are a member of Paddle America Club, St. Louis Canoe and Kayak Club. You will receive your ACA membership number, your choice of magazine subscription from Rapid Media and more.