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Canadian youths complete 6312 mile inland canoe voyage to New Orleans
Five Canadian youths led by Rick Kemp finished a 6312 mile journey from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta to Canal Street New Orleans after two years of planning. They survived frost, a blizzard near St. Louis, and Mississippi currents, with one canoe capsizing after a dredge pipe collision. The group earned New Orleans citizenship certificates, received proclamations from Edmonton and New Orleans, and plan a documentary and book.
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New Orleans
UPI
Canada
Canal Street
St. Louis
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Rick Kemp
Angus Somerville
Mike O’donnell
John Blair
Leonard Anderson
March
Kemp
O'Donnell
North America
North Saskatchewan River
Winnipeg River
Rainey
Mississippi Rivers
Edmonton