Members of a Guelph, Ont., family are back home after an 1,800-kilometre canoe trip of a lifetime.

They spent nine years completing the journey, which started on the Speed River near where they live and took them all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Husband and wife Jeremy Shute and Leslie Howarth, their two sons, his brother and several other loved ones were part of the adventure. Sometimes, it involved 10 people at a time.

"It's just magic out on the water," Jeremy said. "It's a whole different thing when you pull into a city by the river. You see everything from the water. It's like a whole different place."

The family paddled through lakes and down rivers and canals, taking in the front-seat view of some of Canada's most beautiful waterways.

Jeremy said the family did some organizin

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