Kipawa River
All Images by Christian Belisle
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Gerry Bedard, a Kipawa River veteran and one of the over-60 crowd, cracking the wall at Picnic Rapid.

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This is the Class III drop that the Canadian Government is attempting to make illegal because the river happens to run through a dam here. Recreational boaters have been running this drop for almost 40 years.

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Mike Palkovits

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Matt Hamilton finding the spot in the Picnic hole, one of the Kipawa's more agressive play stations.

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Pete Karwacki, former president and now vice-president of Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa, the organization attempting to protect this beautiful river.

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Mike Palkovits