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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 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. Classified advertisements website Craigslist Inc. Logo used since 1995 Screenshot of the main page on January 26, 2008 Type of business Private Type of site Classifieds, forums Available in English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese Founded 1995 ; 30 years ago (1995 ...
The fleet is named after the city of Pittsburgh, which in earlier times was known as the "Gateway to the West". [1] The original riverboat was Gateway Clipper , which set sail in 1958. By the mid-1960s, the fleet was composed of three craft, Gateway Clipper , Party Liner , and Good Ship Lollipop .
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 ...
[2] [5] Now called the DesPlaines River Canoe & Kayak Marathon, it is the second oldest continuously held canoe race in the United States." [ 5 ] Ralph was a founding board member and lifelong supporter of the Chicago Maritime Society and supportive of its efforts to build the Chicago Maritime Museum to fully tell Chicago maritime history.
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today but is often used as a hypernym for both canoe marathon and canoe sprint.