Tomas Linblade, president of the Illinois Paddling Council, predicts downtown Yorkville is going to be seeing a lot of cars with kayaks and canoes on their roofs now that the City’s Marge Cline Whitewater Course has opened at the Glen Palmer Dam on East Hydraulic Street.
“It’s almost the first one of its kind anywhere,” Tom says. “Tere’s one in South Bend, Indiana, and one in Wausaw, Wisconsin, but they are 250 miles away, and both are off active hydro dams and are only open periodically. Tis one is running 24/7, and that makes it pretty unique.”
Tom, who was named Instructor of the Year in 2009 by the American Canoe Association, says Yorkville’s 1,000-foot course will be ideal for all forms of instruction.
“We can take people from flatwater instruction
at the foot of the dam, and gradually move in from down below and teach them basic river skills and then move them up to the chute. Tere are a lot of high schools and community colleges that are offering kayak courses in pools that can now move into the whitewater course, he says.
“Eventually, I can see competitions and slalom races. All those things are possible down the road. Tere are a lot of paddlers in the Chicago area.”
Canoe, Kayak Tours, Sales, Equipment Ayers Landing Wedron, IL 815-434-2233
Yorkville’s Marge Cline Whitewater course Bike Rentals, and/or Service, Sales
Te Canoe Shack , 10 S. River St., Elgin, IL 630-584-8017
C & M Canoe Rental , 3401 E. 2062nd Rd., Ottawa. IL 815-434-6690 Mail: P.O. Box 178, Wedron, IL 60557
Flatwater Canoe & Kayak Rental 8621 US Highway 12, Richmond, IL 815-353-7333
Freemans Sports, 129 E. Hydraulic St., Yorkville, IL 630-553-0515
Geneva Kayak Center, 301 E. Hydraulic St., Yorkville, IL 630-232-0320
Paddle and Trail of Aurora, 107 Spruce St., Aurora, IL 630-506-5706
MountainTops St. Charles 630-513-7608
River Adventures at Skydive Chicago,Ottawa, IL 815-434-2142 or 481-2142
Tip-A-Canoe Canoe Rentals (Burlington, WI), 414-537-3227
2K Adventure Gear 10310 N. Main St., Richmond, IL 815-862-1400
Antioch Schwinn Cyclery, 890 Main St., Antioch, IL 847-395-6500
Bicycle Garage, 11 Jackson St., East Dundee, IL 847-428-2600
Te Bike Rack, 2930 Campton Hills Rd., St. Charles, IL 800-711-2453
Geneva Cycle Shop, 12 E. State St., Geneva, IL 630-232-4883
Main Street Bicycles, 39 E. Main St., Carpentersville, IL 847-783-0362
Mill Race Cyclery 11 E. State St., Geneva, IL 60134 630-232-2833
Oswego Cycling & Running, 26 Main St., Oswego, IL 60543 630-551-2300
Mudslingers, 420 W. Rt. 34, Unit 1, Plano, IL 630-552-7433
Prairie Path Cycle & Fitness, 122 W. Wilson St., Batavia, IL 630-406-9749
Wonder Lake Bicycle, 4308 East Drive, Wonder Lake, IL 815-653-9904
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