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The Minden Wild Water Preserve is a current natural
canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. In some parts of Europe, canoeing refers to both canoeing and kayaking, with a canoe being called an 'open canoe' or Canadian. A few of the recreational ...
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kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits fac ...
slalom facility in Minden, Ontario, Canada, and was used for the
2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...
canoe slalom events. The facility's renovations were completed in 2014, one year before the 2015 Pan American Games began.Bubbling over white water in Minden
The venue was the furthest games venue from
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at about 191 km away. The renovations to the facility cost about $2 million.


Events hosted

*Andrew Westlake Memorial Preserve hosts world champions
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1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup The 1991 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 4th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup fina ...
* 1993 Canoe Slalom World Cup *
1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup The 1997 Canoe Slalom World Cup was a series of five races in 4 canoeing and kayaking categories organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). It was the 10th edition. The series consisted of 4 regular world cup races and the world cup fin ...
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2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...


See also

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Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games The 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games venues were mostly located in the host city of Toronto, Ontario, though some events required facilities located elsewhere. Besides Toronto, fourteen other municipalities in Southern Ontario hosted competi ...


References


External links


Official Website
Venues of the 2015 Pan American Games Canoeing in Canada Water trails {{Canada-sports-venue-stub