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Canoeing on the Gowanus Canal Is Just As Gross As You Think

With every stroke of the paddle, you’re bumping into feces.”— Elizabeth Royte, a Park Slope resident who participated in Saturday’s regatta through the Gowanus Canal, billed as the only all-Superfund boat race by the Gowanus Dredgers canoe club.

Canoeing Gowanus Is Just As Gross As You Think