*Pre-registration is required for this event. 

**In compliance with North Carolina Executive Order 147 and current CDC guidelines, Catawba Lands Conservancy and Carolina Thread Trail are taking the following steps and exercising additional precautions to ensure the safety of program participants, volunteers, and staff:

• All programs outdoors
• Limit program capacity to 25 or fewer
• Limit programs to activities that more readily allow for adequate distance (kayaking, biking)
• All staff using masks
• Encouraging all participants to use masks

Get your paddle muscles ready! Join Carolina Thread Trail and the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation for a morning guided kayak trip on the Catawba River. This section of blueway, which includes Lake Wylie, is part of the Carolina Thread Trail’s blueway network which currently includes over 170 miles of waterways in North and South Carolina.

Did you know we get our drinking water from the Catawba River? Land conservation and water quality go hand in hand. On the river we will explore the natural surroundings and hear from the Catawba Riverkeepers about their efforts to protect and improve water quality in the Catawba-Wateree River Basin.

***You must be able to swim to participate in this event.

This paddle is offered in partnership with the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation.

Details:

• Course: 3-4 mile paddle across the Catawba River, past Felt’s Island, and up Long Creek
• Time: Saturday September 19th, 9 – 12 noon
• Parking Address: 1000 Marina Village Dr, Mt Holly, NC 28120 MAP

We provide:

• Catawba Riverkeeper outdoor educator
• Carolina Thread Trail staff guide
• $25 kayak, PFD, and paddle rental
• Safety gear and first aid

Please bring:

• Full water bottle
• Water shoes or old sneakers
• Hat, sunscreen, sunshirt