ACA-Recommended Water Trails
 
Each summer since 2005, the American Canoe Association has selected twelve water trails from the U.S. and Canada as ACA-Recommended Water Trails. ACA-Recommended Water Trails meet a set of basic criteria and stand out as particular good destinations for paddlers. To be eligible, a trail must meet the following requirements:
  • The trail must be a contiguous or semi-contiguous waterway or series of waterways that is open to recreational use by paddlers;
  • The trail must have public access points for paddlers;
  • The trail must be covered by a map, guide, signage or a web site that is of reasonable quality and detail and available to the public;
  • Published or printed materials for the trail (e.g. guidebook, map, signs, website) must communicate low-impact ethics to trail users; and
  • The trail must be supported and/or managed by one or more organizations.
ACA-Recommended Water Trails earn the right to use a special ACA logo in maps, signs and other printed material related to the trail. They also receive special recognition in the ACA's Water Trails database. The ACA will name a new group of recommended trails during the summer of each year.

In 2005 and 2006, the ACA designated the trails listed below as ACA-Recommended Water Trails. For a description of these trails and a list of contact information, you can follow the links below, or you can click here to download the list in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. (You can also view separate pages listing the trails selected in 2005 and 2006.)

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