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# The Gowanus Challenge Brings Super Fun To A Superfund Site On Saturday
- URL: https://bklyner.com/the-gowanus-challenge-brings-super-fun-to-a-superfund-site-on-saturday-southslope/
- Published: 2014-06-11T18:50:33.000Z
- Updated: 2014-06-11T18:50:33.000Z
- Author: Mary Bakija
- Tags: gowanus canal, gowanus challenge, gowanus dredgers canoe club, #API-Imported

Your chance to navigate the toxic waters of a superfund site is coming up this Saturday, June 14 from 10am-2pm, when the [Gowanus Challenge](http://www.gowanuscanal.org/race/?ref=bklyner.com) returns for its [second year](/blog/events/up-close-and-personal-with-the-gowanus-canal) on the canal.

Hosted by the [Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club](http://www.gowanuscanal.org/?ref=bklyner.com) and the [Red Hook Boaters](http://www.redhookboaters.org/?ref=bklyner.com), this fundraiser allows brave folks with canoes ($500 entry fee for a team) and other closed-bottom boats like kayaks ($250 entry fee) to tour the 2.5-mile route from the Dredgers Boathouse at 2nd Street to the mouth of the canal at 9th Street and back. And there will be prizes, including $200 gift cards to both [Dinosaur Bar-B-Que](http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/locations/brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Brooklyn Crab](http://brooklyncrab.com/?ref=bklyner.com). There’s still time to register, just contact [gdredgers@gmail.com](mailto:gdredgers@gmail.com) for more details.

If you’re not up for getting so close and personal with [waters that the EPA recommends you avoid direct contact with](http://www.epa.gov/region2/superfund/npl/gowanus/pdf/gowanus%5Fcolorcoding-041212.pdf?ref=bklyner.com), you can watch those who are from the safe distance of one of the bridges that goes over the canal, at 3rd Street or 9th Street.