The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper hosts the annual river appreciation event in one Saturday of the each year on the month of June. The festival includes live music, kids’ activities, environmental exhibits, and race awards presentations.
The race begins at Garrard Landing Park at Holcomb Bridge Road and finishes at Riverside Park which is where the festival is held. Beginning at 9am the race includes open and recreational categories, various age divisions, solo and tandem canoe divisions and kayak and sea kayak divisions. Competitive paddlers will take on a 10 mile course and recreational paddlers will race an 8 mile course.
New last year were the two new categories of awards:
Best Costume and Best Boat Decoration.
The festival at Riverside Park takes place from 10am to 2pm. The live music is provided by the Watershed Project and always feature local musicians, such as Gareth Asher, Christopher Alan Yates, Amy Gerhartz, Brian Binsky and Emily Kate Boyd.
The event which is organized by the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, is designed to celebrate the river and create a sense of community of the metro Atlanta residents that use the Chattahoochee river.
Registration at the race costs $50 for solo and $70 for tandem boats and is available so long as spots are open. All registered paddlers receive a gift bag, race T-shirt, a boxed lunch and a one year membership in the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper.
Proceeds from the race help protect and preserver the Chattahoochee.
For more information go to
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
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1 comment:
As tuas fotos sempre me remetem à Serra Gaúcha, que amo tanto ... Estas aqui me lembraram o Parque das Laranjeiras, em Gramado, onde as pessoas praticam canoagem e outros esportes náuticos ...
Meu carinho.
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