kayaking

‘Y-Knot Tri’ event aims to make history during 150th celebration

Oct 27, 2021
At the request of the historical society, a group of silent sport enthusiasts is organizing a triathlon in celebration of Lake City’s 150th Anniversary in 2022. Ann Nibbe, the subcommittee liaison coined this inaugural event as “making history today.” The family-oriented triathlon features a 2.5...

Kayaking 80-year-old passes 
by on Mississippi voyage

Aug 19, 2020
Stan “The Kayaking Man” Stark and his entourage stopped at the Ohuta Park beach in Lake City Tuesday on their downriver trek after spending the night in Frontenac. At 80 years old, Stark is endeavoring to be the oldest kayaker to complete the “Source to Sea” trip along the river. He’s also raising...

North Atlantic traditions kept alive on Lake Pepin

May 24, 2018
Once a year, they come to Hok-Si-La Park in Lake City, to build kayaks, to paddle kayaks, to roll kayaks, to harpoon from kayaks, to burn kayaks, but most of all to celebrate a culture and its way of life. Qajaq Camp (pronounced “kayak camp”) is put on by Qajaq USA, the American Chapter of the...

History and kayaking event is July 12

Jul 6, 2017
Tickets still remain for a kayak excursion to explore Lake Pepin and learn a little history with the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center (ELC) and the Goodhue County Historical Society. On Wednesday, July 12, at 2 p.m., the group will meet at the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center for a...

New stove at Hok-Si-La

May 3, 2017
Hok-Si-La Municipal Park and Campground is open for 2017 season with a new appliance. A new stove in the dining hall was purchased by the city to replace the original one put in by the Boy Scouts in 1957. May has become a very busy month for the dining hall. First event in the hall was the May 1...

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