NYCkayaker Waterfront in October

[Gowanus Dredgers]

Ahoy Gowanus Deckhands,

Visit our dock this weekend for Open House NY from 2-6pm on Saturday
and Sunday volunteer to clean the shoreline – ask Captain Ellie for
gloves and trash bags to show the tourists how we keep our shoreline
clean.  All events below are free.

Enjoy a free evening at the movies October 11, 6:30 p.m and Oct. 29th
at 7pm to view City of Water, a documentary about our changing
shoreline.

Celebrate Oktoberfest on October 20! Wash some Gowanus oysters at 2pm,
plant and weed in our green-street gardens at 3pm and race in our
regatta at 4pm.


October 6 and 7, Saturday and Sunday (2:00pm-6:00pm)
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Gowanus Open House NY
Explore the Gowanus estuary, canoeing at your own pace and enjoy
discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway
infrastructure. Meet at the 2nd St. launch site, off Bond Street at
the Gowanus Canal. For details, visit: www.gowanuscanal.org

October 6, Saturday (1:00pm-9:00pm)
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Party for the People on Gowanus Shoreline
The Yard at Carroll / Canal will assemble multiple community
organizations and feature performers of poetry and music with fun for
the entire family.  For details, call 917.623-4388

October 11, Thursday (6:30 pm) at MS51, 350 Fifth Ave.
October 29, Monday (7:00 pm) at PS321, 180 Seventh Ave.
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Film Screening: City of Water
City of Water is the must-see new MAS and MWA-produced documentary
film about the future of the New York City waterfront that explores
the future of our shoreline. Discussion about the future Gowanus
shoreline may ensue after the film. For details, visit:
http://mas.org/viewarticle.php?id=1820


Sunday, October 14 (10:00am-2:00pm)
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Gowanus Discovery Tour
Explore the Gowanus estuary, canoeing at your own pace and enjoy
discovering the canal's unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway
infrastructure. Meet at the 2nd St. launch site, off Bond Street at
the Gowanus Canal. For details, visit: www.gowanuscanal.org


Saturday, October 13 (1:00pm-5:00pm)
Sunday, October 28 (10:00am-2:00pm)
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Red Hook Discovery Tour
Experience a canoe or kayak trip for up to 20 minutes within the
protected Louis Valentino Jr. park pier area, help clean the
shoreline, and enjoy fantastic views of the harbor and the Statue of
Liberty. There's plenty to see in the neighborhood before or after –
For details, visit www.redhookboaters.org


Saturday, October 20 (1:00pm-5:00pm)
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Gowanus Oktoberfest
Celebrate our eighth season with Oktoberfest! Following your Gowanus
canoe trip, help us monitor our oyster stewardship program at 2pm,
tend our Gowanus green streets at 3pm and race our Gowanus regatta at
4pm to win a prize!


Saturday, October 20 (12:00pm-5:00pm)
Sunday, October 21 (12:00am-6:00pm)
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Grand Showboat Weekend
Step aboard Brooklyn's Waterfront museum in Red Hook for two days of
shows celebrating the spirit of the showboat with a different event on
each hour of each day!  For details, visit: www.waterfrontmuseum.org



This winter, invite your child's classroom to join Brooklyn's life aquatic!
http://keep.typepad.com/gowanus_oyster_stewards/

Gowanus Oyster stewardship runs all winter long!  Our 2007 baby
oysters have arrived and need adoption.

The bottom of the New York-New Jersey Harbor was once covered with
oyster reefs that filtered the entire Harbor in one day. Due to over
fishing and pollution at the turn of the century, the eastern oyster
(Crassostrea virginica) was virtually eradicated. Today, water quality
has improved greatly, and oysters have begun to reappear after an
absence of more than 100 years, but only in some places, and in low
numbers.  Join the Oyster Stewards and help improve the water quality
by helping oysters grow.


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Let's Dredge!

Owen Foote
Gowanus Dredger
www.gowanuscanal.org