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Table 3.1 National Water Trails in the US, 2013

Water trail name Location Length (km) Managing agency

Chattahoochee River
National Water Trail

Georgia 79 Chattahoochee River

National Recreation Area
(NPS)

Mississippi National
River and Recreation
Area Water Trail

Minnesota 125 Mississippi National

River and Recreation
Area (NPS)/Minnesota
Department of Natural
Resources

Alabama Scenic River
Trail

Alabama 1035 Alabama Scenic River Trail

Okefenokee Wilderness
Canoe Trails

Georgia 197 US Fish and Wildlife

Service/Okefenokee
National Wildlife
Refuge

Mississippi River Water
Trail Great River Water
Trail

Missouri 198 US Army Corp of Engineers/

Mississippi Water Trail
Association

Bronx River Blueway New York 13 City of New York Parks &

Recreation/Bronx River
Alliance

Hudson River Greenway
Water Trail

New York 420 Hudson River Valley

Greenway

Kansas River Trail Kansas 284 Kansas Department

of Wildlife, Parks and
Tourism

Willamette River Water
Trail

Oregon 356 Willamette Riverkeeper

Source: US National Park Service (2013b).

Ontario Waterfront Trail, which includes the Toronto Waterfront and
Niagara Falls, is a popular nature trail in Canada. Likewise, the Alexander
MacKenzie Voyageur Route, which parallels the waterways that opened
up western Canada to trade in the 18th century, is another popular Canadian
waterfront trail (Bowick, 2003). The Mississippi River provides several scenic
waterfront trails that highlight wetlands, wildlife and cultural sites along
this famous river (Timothy, 2009).