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Rifle River State Recreation Area is a state park located on the upper reaches of the Rifle River within the Au Sable State Forest in Ogemaw County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Covering 4,449 acres (1,800 ha), the area provides a variety of recreational opportunities, including boating, canoeing, hiking, hunting, fishing, cross-country ...
Rifle River is a 60.3-mile-long (97.0 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northeastern Ogemaw County and flows through Arenac County to enter Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron . [ 2 ]
The United States Economic Census [4] tracks down to the Recreational Goods Rental level only, [5] and canoe livery is a subclass of this category. As of 2002, the category had 1,757 establishments employing at least one employee, with revenue of US$521,783,000 and a payroll of US$126,376,000 covering 7,416 people. [ 6 ]
They renamed it Confluence Outdoor and announced plans "to grow the business into a full-service outdoor recreation company." [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] On December 16, 2019, it was announced that Confluence had been acquired by Pelican International, a Canadian manufacturer of kayaks and other outdoor products.
The Ocoee Whitewater Center, near Ducktown, Tennessee, United States, was the canoe slalom venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, [2] [3] and is the only in-river course to be used for Olympic slalom competition. A 1,640 foot (500 m) stretch of the Upper Ocoee River was narrowed by two-thirds to create the drops and eddies needed for a ...
Boulter's Lock – lock and weir on the Thames River in England. A canoe/kayak flume is installed annually on the weir during the summer and there is a permanent fixed ramp in front of the third of the weir's six gates. Tour de Gudenå – U.S. National Whitewater Center – Upper Dart – Water Sports Centre Čunovo –
The Triple Crown of Canoe Racing (French: La Triple Couronne de Canots Long Parcours) is a canoe marathon series consisting of: The General Clinton Canoe Regatta: staged Memorial Day on New York 's Susquehanna River , a one-day, non-stop 70 mile race from Cooperstown to Bainbridge .
Wildwater canoeing is a competitive discipline of canoeing in which kayaks or canoes are used to negotiate a stretch of river speedily. It is also called "Whitewater racing" or "Downriver racing" to distinguish it from whitewater slalom racing and whitewater rodeo or Freestyle competition .