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April 8 - Illinois Paddlers Seek Access
Paddlers in Lake County, Illinois, are seeking a lake site where people can launch and paddle their own canoes and kayaks.
Sprint Worlds Come to Georgia
As many as 800 athletes from 65 participating countries will converge on Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia, in September, for the 2003 Sprint Canoe/Kayak World Championships.
Iceland Expedition
Three intrepid kayakers, Chris Duff, Shawna Franklin, and Leon Somme, are planning to circumnavigate Iceland this summer.
Paddlers Go Online
A couple of world-class paddlers have launched new Web sites with news for all of us.
 Jan. 30 - Giant Eddies
NASA's Earth Observatory is full of images that appeal to paddlers. Here, they show giant eddies off of British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska's Alexander Archipelago, displayed to highlight the presence of biological activity in the ocean.
 Jan. 24 - Ray McLain - Moving On
The paddling world has lost one of its finest. Ray McLain, former national marathon and whitewater canoe champion, American Canoe Association Instructor Trainer, and team manager and coach to many top-class young boaters, died January 23, 2003, after being diagnosed with advanced colon cancer about 17 months ago.
Send Canoe & Kayak your news.
Doing something for conservation or access? Have a major expedition planned? Done something cool? Share your news with C&K readers. Email Robin Stanton with News as the subject line.
Fish Tales by Paddlers
Kayakers' lights seem to lure
creatures from the deep.
 Jan 23--New Life for Ancient Trail
Paddlers can follow an ancient route on a new historic water trail that begins in New York's Adirondack Mountains and ends 740 rugged miles later in Maine.
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Governor Kayaks
The Great Hudson River Paddle had a surprise participant this year, Governor Pataki, who authorized $1 million for the Hudson River Water Trail last year.
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