The Delaware River Sojourn, an annual event to heighten the awareness of and appreciation for the longest un-dammed river east of the Mississippi, will be held June 15 through June 23, 2001. The eight-day trip covers over 70 miles, combining canoeing, camping, and educational programs.
Participants can sign up for individual days or elect to go the full distance.
The 2001 sojourn will begin at Hankins, N.Y., in the Catskill Mountains, and end on New Jersey's Maurice River, a tributary to the Delaware Bay. An added attraction this year is an art, essay, and poetry contest open to students in grades 8-12 who reside within the Delaware River Basin. Entries must be postmarked by April 15. The Delaware River is not big as rivers go. Yet the Delaware system serves up water to New York, America's biggest city.