Outfitters Twenty outfitters, some serving Algonquin Park, make up the Paddling Ontario Alliance, a service of the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership.
Five outfitters rent bicycles in town: Adventure Damascus (www.adventuredamascus.com), Bike Station (www.thebike-station.com), Blue Blaze Bike & Shuttle (www.blueblazebikeandshuttle.com), Ole-Barn (www.ole-barn.com) and SunDog Outfitter (www.sundogoutfitter.com).sundogoutfitter.com
In North America, the Shubenacadie (pronounced shu-ben-ACK-ah-dee) offers the most accessible way to turn the bore into a thrill with three outfitters who ply the river in motorized Zodiac boats.
The company, which has started with a makeup palette for sale in two Urban Outfitters stores in Manhattan is also selling its products through the Urban Outfitters website.
In China, a company founded by the Olympic gymnast Li Ning is trying to make inroads into the Olympic market and catch up with Nike and Adidas, the two biggest outfitters.
From the sleepy oil town of Valdez, still the terminus for the Trans-Alaska pipeline and spigot for 17% of America's oil, two different outfitters give paddlers the chance to retrace the supertanker's path.
Three local outfitters run raft trips on the river from March to November, as water levels permit.
In Fort Benton, Mont., at the first section of the Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri, for example, the visitor center, (406) 622-3864, maintains a list of only six river outfitters.
Since 2004, Mr. Thornton and nine other safari outfitters have worked with Masai villages to formalize their boundaries and enact bylaws forbidding abuse of the land by outsiders.
Head about 30 miles west to the small town of Mancos, outside Mesa Verde National Park, for a ride at Rustler's Roost Ranch (5964 County Road 41; 970-533-1570; $45 for two hours) or Rimrock Outfitters (12175 County Road 44; 970-533-7588; $40 for two hours).
