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The Gowanus Dredgers

The Gowanus Dredgers

Brooklyn, New York

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Our Mission

Our mission is to assemble and educate a diverse group of individuals, businesses and organizations to improve the Gowanus waterfront in Brooklyn and foster awareness of issues affecting New York- New Jersey harbor. The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club intends to contribute to transforming a dilapidated, historically significant estuary into a self-sustaining, environmentally friendly and healthy waterfront to be enjoyed and treasured by current and future generations. By encouraging waterfront activity and stewardship of the waterway, we reconnect the community with their shoreline. Renewing this relationship strengthens the desire for remediation of our harbor.

Who We Are

The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club is a volunteer organization dedicated to providing waterfront access and education to the public. Our headquarters are on the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn but our Activity Committee programs also provide free paddling on the shorelines of Long Island City, Red Hook, Staten Island and our winter pool training program in Riverbank State Park. Since 1999 the Dredgers have empowered people to care for the Gowanus Canal through advocacy, conservation, and education. We encourage an understanding of the NY-NJ harbor as a resource for recreation and education as well as a waterway for commuters, tourists and goods. Each season, we logged over 2,000 voyages on the Gowanus Canal with over 1,000 individuals, including more than 200 youth, participating in our programs! As people experience and enjoy our waterfront they become advocates for its revitalization. Our efforts are proving to be fruitful as recent legislation provided funding due to the rise in popularity of paddling on the Gowanus Canal.

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Website

www.gowanuscanal.org

Email

info@gowanuscanal.org

Tax-Exempt ID (EIN)

32-0039318

Location

82 Carroll Street, No. 1, Brooklyn, New York, 11231, United States of America

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