Paddle and row for 26.2 miles; River marathon to wend from Shakopee to St. Paul.(NEWS)(Around St. Paul)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: September 5, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Joe Kimball; Staff Writer

A flotilla of small boats - kayaks, canoes and rowing shells - will take over the river waters Saturday when the first-ever Great Rivers Marathon wends from Shakopee to downtown St. Paul. The rowers and paddlers will start at Murphy's Landing on the Minnesota River and head downstream to Fort Snelling, where it converges with the Mississippi River. The finish line is at Harriet Island, 26.2 miles from the start.

Put on by the venerable Minnesota Boat Club, the new marathon will showcase boats on the rivers from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. To protect ...

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