RE: [Paddlewise] Minneapolis Information

Fred,

Take a look at the ISK web site http://www.isk.canoe-kayak.org/ for links to
sources of the information you want.  ISK members and other interested
paddlers get together on Wednesday nights for an informal paddle.  Calhoun,
Lake of the Isles, Cedar and Brownie Lake are connected by canals.  There is
a parking fee at the city lots ($0.25/hour) or you might be able to find on
street parking for free.  The Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers are also
interesting paddling locations.  The feel on the river is far more wild than
I expected before I started paddling on the rivers. Without the means to
shuttle a vehicle to a downstream location it is possible to paddle on the
river, I learned from personal experience that it is best to paddle upstream
first and have the option of riding the current home.  There is another
chain of lakes in St. Paul that extends for miles from Lake Phalen through
Keller and on further north.  Minnetonka can be interesting, if the
motorboaters and jet skeeters are not to active.  Another source of ideas on
lakes in the area is a metro area fishing guide book.   There are several
published that give locations of boat launches and descriptions of the lake
conditions in addition to the expected fish population data.

Licenses for your boats are available at Deputy Registrar offices where ever
motor vehicle registrations are made.  I registered my last two boats at a
city hall.  The counties also operate registrar offices.  Details on
registration requirements are available on the MN DNR web site, we have a
link that will get you there on the ISK web site.  Be sure to bring a copy
of some proof of ownership like a sales receipt or you may find the
registration clerk gets cranky.

Dana

  > -----Original Message-----

  > Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 11:33:08 -0500
  > From: Frederick W Schuler 
  > Subject: [Paddlewise] Minneapolis Information
  > 
  > I am a newbie lurking in the piles of interesting messages that are
  > posted here each day.  My wife and I have only a year in 
  > kayaking and we
  > will be traveling from our home in Milwaukee to Minneapolis 
  > in two weeks
  > .  We need some information.  We are bringing our kayaks 
  > along and are
  > looking for flat water spots in the Minneapolis area.  We also would
  > need to know how and where to register our boats while in 
  > Minneapolis.
  > 
  > Fred
  
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