Bronx River Full River Paddle 6/10/2017

Bronx River Full River Paddle 6/10/2017

By Bronx River Alliance

Date and time

Saturday, June 10, 2017 · 9:30am - 5pm EDT

Location

Shoelace Park Kayak Launch

East 219th Street Bronx, NY 10467

Refund Policy

Contact the organizer to request a refund.

Description

Journey through the heart of the Bronx via canoe traveling south through the Bronx River Forest, New York Botanical Garden and part of the Bronx Zoo on this urban adventure into the Bronx River Estuary. Travel through NYC's only frersh water river and learn all the beautiful natural resource has to offer!

This area of the river is quite challenging with 3 portages that require heavy lifting and slopes,we restrict this trip to adults only for safety reasons.

This paddle starts at 219th St. within Shoelace Park and ends at the different location of the Starlight Park floating docks. Please note that although we will provide essentials for our trip such as tangent canoes, paddles and personal floatation devices, we will be unable to shuttle you back to the starting location. The 6 and 2 train is conviniently located blocks away from both starting and ending points.

We also ask that all participants arrive as promp as possible for a speedy launch, there will a 15 minute grace period after starting time for any delayed participants. If you are running tardy, please do email paddle@bronxriver.org to let us know such that we might wait for yourself and/or party.

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Please be mindful, we ask that all refund requests be made 48 hours prior to trip date and time.

All participants are to have filled and completed an ACA adult or minor waiver to participate in activities. All participants are to also abide by the Bronx River rules of safety and wear appropriate close toed attached shoes throughout the entire paddle. The Bronx River Alliance reserves the right to deny any person participation if they are not fully abiding by our safety measures.

For more information on this statment, please call 718-430-4614.

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Commitment to trip policy

Once you have begun your trip there is no turning back, you must be committed to finishing the entire trip. However we will help anyone who is struggling or feeling exhausted and will take into account serious medical emergencies.

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Take advantage of our admission fee & discounted Individual Membership or Family Membership combo offer Today!

As an individual level member, your benefits include:

  • Subscription to our monthly e-newsletter
  • Specialized and exclusive events on and around the Bronx River and a 15% discount on paddling trips
  • Special opportunities to enjoy, maintain and clean-up the Bronx River and Greenway

For more information on other membership levels, visit our website at www.bronxriver.org.

Help support our mission to protect, improve and restore the Bronx River!

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