Share the Gorge — Oak Savanna Tours & Canoe Rides

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 1:00pm to Thursday, July 30, 2015 - 2:45pm
Event partner Wilderness Inquiry will be offering quick paddles in their signature Voyageurs canoes. (Photo by Robert Ball courtesy of Longfellow Community Council.)
 

Join us Wednesday, July 29th, 6-8 p.m. for the 11th Annual Share the River Gorge Canoe Paddle and Ice Cream Social to celebrate the Mississippi River Gorge! 

Hosted by Longfellow Community Council's River Gorge Committee, this event will include free ice cream, free canoe rides with the National Park Service and Wilderness Inquiry, and guided tours of the rare oak savanna restoration area with Friends of the Mississippi River. Information will also be available on you can protect this national treasure in our midst, including how to join the Mississippi River Gorge Stewards

Share the Gorge is free, but donations will be accepted to defray event costs. Advance registration is not required. 

For updated event information, please visit the event page on facebook.

Can't make it?

If you can't make this event but would like to be notified of future Mississippi River Gorge Stewards events, volunteer and recreation activities spanning from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul, contact FMR Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator sue rich at srich@fmr.org. Or, if you'd prefer to receive emails about all upcoming FMR activities and news, sign up for our biweekly Mississippi Messages.

Thank you to our partners and funders: 

Thank you FMR River Gorge Stewards and oak savanna restoration funders National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, REI and The Laura Jane Musser Fund.

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