People canoe in the fraser, downstream of the mission bridge anyway...anchors can get stuck, it's smart to have a way to pull your anchor out backwards, I fasten the chain to the business end of the anchor and have a few zip ties tieing the chain to the top of it so if it gets stuck you can snap the zip ties and pull it out backwords...also good to have a float so it its stuck and a tug with big load is coming down river you can leave it and get out of the way without losing it..