A few posts ago we told about the Downtown Boathouse in New York City which had a few location around Manhattan where you could go kayaking and get some instructions for free.

Well, we now want to tell you about similar opportunity to paddle in New York City – the Long Island City Community Boathouse. For those of you not too familiar with NYC, Long Island City is located in Queens, right on the East River. The LIC Boathouse offers free kayaking, canoeing, and educational programs on the East River.

They haven’t posted their 2008 event schedule yet, but if you go to their website, you can contact them directly for more information. Click here for street and water directions to the Long Island City Community Boathouse.

Finding all of these great paddling resources in New York City, prompted us to do some more digging for NYC canoer and kayaker, and boy did we hit the motherload! We found a ton of places to canoe and kayak in New York City. Each of the five boroughs – Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island – all offer several places to put in and paddle.

Check out our Places to Paddle in NYC page. If you’re a New Yorker who loves to kayak or canoe, tell us where your favorite spot to paddle is – we’ll post it!

If you’re looking for other places to paddle, canoe or kayak anywhere in the country, be sure to visit our Events and Races page, Places to Paddle page, or our Whitewater Kayak Parks page, or even out Kayak and Canoe Trips page.

See you on the water!

Fellow paddler Archie Thompson wanted us to tell all our paddling friends about this great place to canoe and kayak in South Carolina, “We have 23 self-guided trails with over 175 miles of paddling on our lakes, rivers, and creeks.”

 And you’ve got to check out this great Berkeley County Blueways website. They’ve got trail maps for every river in their footprint available as downloadable PDFs, including a comprehensive Paddle Guide showing the entire county and the numerous places to paddle and put-ins. The site also details the water trails and offers lots of beautiful pictures, safety information, a bit on South Carolina boating laws, even something on launch etiquette (thanks for that!), and lots more helpful information.

The good folks of the Berkeley County’s Blueways Group did a fantastic job with this informative website.

Thanks for letting us know about this great resource Archie! We hope to get out to Berkeley County, SC soon!

We’ve listed Archie’s suggestion on our Places to Paddle page. Do you have a favorite paddling spot or know of a region that has gone above and beyond to encourage the growing sports of canoeing and kayaking? Click here to tell us all about it!