Step Back In Time On Voyageur Canoe Paddles with Cleveland Metroparks

FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:                                


MAY 11, 2010

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

BOB ROTATORI OR KAREN FREEDMAN

216-635-3200, EXT. 3263 OR EXT. 3253

 

Cleveland Metroparks invites everyone to experience the fur trade
era and become a voyageur of long ago.  Visitors can step back
in time and participate in this living history program paddling,
singing and hearing the tales of this important time in Great Lakes
history on the "Voyageur Canoe Paddles."

 

The 34-foot canoe is a fiberglass replica of the original Voyageur
canoes, which were used to travel the Great Lakes from Montreal to
Lake Superior, and the eastern shores of Minnesota in the 18th and
19th centuries.

 

Register now for the "Voyageur Canoe Paddles" offered in
June:

 

Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 � Hinckley Lake � Hinckley
Reservation

Saturday, June 19 and Sunday June 20 � Wallace Lake � Mill Stream
Run Reservation

         

The canoe shoves off at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
each of the scheduled dates.

 

Each program is an hour-long.  The canoe can accommodate 18
people per voyage.  Life jackets, educational fun and a safe
environment are provided.

 

Registration is required.  The fee is $5 per person.

 

HinckleyLake is located between West Drive and East Drive in
Hinckley Reservation, south of Bellus Road in HinckleyTownship.

 

WallaceLake is located off Valley Parkway in Mill Stream Run
Reservation, south of Bagley Road in Berea - west of
the   I-71/Bagley Road exit.

 

The Voyageur Canoe Paddle programs are offered monthly through
October.

 

For more information and to register, call 216-206-1000.

 

Live a piece of Great Lakes history on a Voyageur Canoe Paddle with
Cleveland Metroparks - part of your life, naturally.

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