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Other Races
 South Bend, IN race--the day before Michiana Paddlefest! This race does not include paddling, but has 7 run/walk events starting at the College Football Hall of Fame and finishing at the Notre Dame football stadium.
 The Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon is the largest and longest down river canoe event in Illinois. It is also the oldest continual canoe race in the United States. This event brings people from all over the United States and abroad to paddle down the Des Plaines River. The Des Plaines River Canoe Marathon is an event built around the family.
The race is 19½ miles on the beautiful and historic Des Plaines River. There are 24 classes to accommodate people of all ages and levels.
- 55th AuSable River Canoe Marathon
- Grayling to Oscoda, Michigan
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July 27 - 28, 2002
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North America's Richest Canoe Race!
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Over $50,000.00 Cash and Prizes
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The World's Toughest Spectator Race!
Elkhart's Great Race A Sports Festival in Elkhart, IN from May 24-27, 2002. The Great Race includes 25 different racing events, including a 13 mile canoe/kayak race. Other events include walks, runs, wheelchair race, dance marathon, basketball, tricycle race, swimming, biking, skating, and a dog fun walk!
 Imagine paddling a canoe 70 miles in one day, challenging the elements and testing your endurance levels against the unpredictable Susquehanna River in upstate New York. You have just entered the General Clinton Canoe Regatta!
The Burlington C-1 Pursuit
is a testy little early spring pro-race in southeastern Wisconsin with a $2500 purse.
General Information
- Adventure Sports
Your inside resource for outside adventure! Easy navigation to find gear, outfitters, shops and events for your favorite adventure sport. Find links to great outdoor resources, "how to" and equipment information and much much more. We stay open as long as the outdoors does!
 WorldAR for Adventure Racing. Our goal is to provide the best racing resource on the internet. You will find a searchable database for competitors, races, teams and support crews, a forum, and other endurance and extreme sports with training and exercise helpers.
- SEE Kayaks is the largest directory of sea kayaking related web sites. It contains the most links to sea kayaking related sites on the web, with 966 unique pages currently listed and new sea kayaking pages being added almost every day.
- National
Wild and Scenic Rivers
Over 150 rivers are arranged regionally, with brief descriptions and milages.
- The Ultimate Directory of Kayaking Links
- Weather Info for States
Canoeing/Kayaking Aid & Tips
Canoeing/Kayaking Magazines/Books
- The Salty Dog
An online Sea Kayaking Magazine
- Outside Magazine Online
- CKF Library
- Sea Paddler
Magazine
- Adventurous Traveler Bookstore
- Placid Videos
Films about paddling trips on calm, scenic bodies of water. The films are designed to provide canoe or kayak paddlers with the essential information necessary to undertake a quiet water adventure.
- Boundary Waters Journal—Publication focusing on the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Quetico Provincial Park and surrounding Superior National Forest.
Canoe and Kayak—Magazine for canoe and kayak enthusiasts. Offers techniques, tips, travel and product information.
Kanawa—Canada's canoe and kayak magazine.
Paddler Magazine—Online magazine features articles, river flow information, buying guide and destinations.
Sea Kayaker—The cyber version of this magazine offers online articles, product reviews, techniques, a calendar of events and club listings.
WaterTribe Online Magazine—Articles from paddling instructors and adventurers. Also, forums and database for sea kayaking, canoeing, and sailing.
WaveLength Paddling Magazine—Kayaking magazine with articles on paddling destinations, technique, products and a section for finding paddling partners.
WoodenBoat—Published since 1974, this magazine is written for wooden boat owners, builders and designers, including kayakers and canoers.
Wooden Canoe Journal—The bimonthly journal of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, Ltd.
Canoeing/Kayaking Equipment
Canoeing/Kayaking Travelogues
Canoeing/Kayaking Clubs/Associations
American Canoe Association—Serves the nation's paddlers by helping ensure safe, enjoyable recreation opportunities on America's waterways.
American Rivers—The nation's leading river conservation group, which has worked since 1973 to protect wild and scenic rivers, repair damaged rivers and restore wildlife habitat.
American Whitewater Affiliation—A national organization with a membership of almost 8,000 whitewater boating enthusiasts and more than 160 local paddling club affiliates. Its mission is to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely.
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness—A site for learning more about the Boundary Waters Wilderness or connecting to other environmental groups.
National Organization of Whitewater Rodeos (NOWR)—A committee of the American Whitewater Affiliation created to organize North America's growing number
of whitewater rodeo events.
Native Watercraft Society—Collects and disseminates information on the boats used by present and past indigenous cultures around the world. Examples: birchbark canoes, skin-covered kayaks, baidarkas, umiaks, outriggers, reed boats, dhows, dugout canoes and
curraghs.
Norwegian Canoe Association (NCA)—National organization that includes various clubs in whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking and dragon boat racing.
On-Water Sports—Links to paddling clubs, outfitters and event calendars.
River Network—A nationwide network of grassroots groups that speak out for rivers and work with landowners and public agencies to conserve rivers and their surrounding lands.
The Rocky Mountain Canoe Club—Colorado-area organization covers all aspects of paddle sports from flatwater to whitewater with an emphasis on the open canoe.
Trade Association of Paddlesports (TAPS)—Provides access to paddlesports businesses, products, services, news and events across the United States.
The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association, Ltd.—Nonprofit membership association devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring and using wood-canvas, cedar strip and birchbark canoes. Disseminates information about canoeing heritage in North America.
Outfitters,
Guides and Schools
Riversearch—List of whitewater rafting outfitters around the world. Includes maps to locate rivers in your travel destination area.
You Can Paddle Days—Learn to paddle with canoe and kayak vendors around the United States.
Destinations,
Events and General Info
Boundary
Waters Canoe Area
— This
site is a public service for patrons of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness (BWCAW). Quetico
Provincial Park —The
Canadian counterpart to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), is the
Quetico Provincial Park.
Canadian Canoe Routes—Offers Canadian canoe route information and provides a forum for Canadian wilderness paddlers.
CanoeCountry.com (Boundary Waters Canoe Area)—Complete trip planning resources. Gear lists, permits, news, history, FAQs, travel ethics, discussion forum, products, educational resources and books.
Canoe Camping—Lists the top 40 canoe trips on rivers throughout the United States.
The Folding Kayak Pages—An introduction and guide to the world of folding kayaks.
InfoHub on Canoeing/Kayaking—Links to magazines, clubs and gear.
National Wild and Scenic Rivers—Explains the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, created by Congress in 1968, to lend balance to our history of use and abuse of our waterways.
Paddle Florida!—Online guide to canoeing and kayaking in the sunshine state.
Paddling.net—Offers paddling destinations in North America with lists of outfitters, guides and schools.
QueticoPark.com—Adventure canoeing in the Quetico Provincial Park of Ontario, Canada; the neighboring park of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. (Links directly to CanoeCountry.com, above.)
Water, Weather and
Maps
Gunflint
Trail Weather
Boundary Waters Weather
USGS Guide to the Water Resources of the United States—United States Geological Survey page on water resources.
USGS Streamflow Conditions Map—"Clickable" map lets you check out the water level in rivers and streams throughout the United States.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—Detailed information on oceans, climate, weather, fisheries, navigation and more. Especially relevant for sea kayakers.
NOAA Hydrologic Information Center—River and streamflow conditions provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NOAA Navigational Charts—Check out nautical charts and learn how to read them.
Tide and Current Predictor—Gives tides and currents for a given time at locations around the world.
U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center—Contains lots of information on navigation with GPS, DGPS and Loran systems.
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