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Whitewater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2710 words) |
 | Rivers in the eastern section of the United States are usually considered "technical," which means that due to lesser water volume, rafters and kayakers must often direct their craft through boulder-strewn sections of river, through narrow channels and shoals. |
| Western rafters also navigate many small, low volume rivers, some with much steeper descents than eastern rivers; however, since the mountains are newer in the west, the hazard from undercut rocks, a problem in the east, is replaced by more frequent log jams precipitated by logging activities near the rivers. |
| Rivers are almost all private and access must be agreed with all of the riparian owners (the owners of the land either side of the river) and the owners of the fishing rights, otherwise canoeing or kayaking there is trespass (although landowners can do little other than tell trespassers to leave their property). |
| Kicking Horse River - definition of Kicking Horse River in Encyclopedia (127 words) |
| The Kicking Horse River is located in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. |
| The river begins near the Waputik Icefield in Yoho National Park and moves in a southwesterly direction past the towns of Field and Golden before reaching its confluence with the Columbia River. |
| The river was named in 1858 when James Hector was kicked by his packhorse while exploring the river. |
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