Events
Explore NY 400 will feature signature events sponsored or organized by the Commission and a wide range of local events organized by communities, cultural and civic organizations, schools, museums, libraries and other organizations.
Great Champlain Hudson Sojourn
The Great Champlain Hudson Sojourn (GCHS) is a multifaceted event designed to celebrate the contributions to the discovery of this region by Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson. The event is tentatively scheduled for June 24 to July 19, 2009.
The first part of the event is twenty-six day, 340 mile kayaking and camping trip from the Canadian border to Manhattan following Lake Champlain, the Champlain Canal and the Hudson River. A group of Thru-Paddlers will be camping out in state and local parks along the way and visiting the communities in which they will be staying.
The second event will be local-outfitter-organized day paddles, which will accompany the Thru-Paddlers each day. The outfitters will design trips to fit the needs of their customers and will launch, paddle, eat lunch and land with the Thru-Paddlers.
The final event will be a number of local community festivals at which the general public will be offered the opportunity to try kayaking under the tutelage of professional guides and learn about various communities and the Quadricentennial Celebration. These festivals will be held at major population centers or sites of particular interest along the way.
The Thru-Paddlers will be stopping at each festival.
www.hudsongreenway.state.ny.us