By Anthony Sims
A riverfront park in eastern New York is getting a new kayak launch this spring.
Hudson Crossing Park in Schuylerville, New York—roughly 35 miles north of Albany—is getting a new accessible kayak launch designed to help more folks with mobility challenges enjoy the water than ever before.
The new launch will provide paddlers with access to the Hudson River and Champlain Canal.
The launch will be installed by BoardSafe, a national leader in adaptive waterfront access, ensuring that paddlers with mobility challenges can enter and exit the water with comfort, stability, and confidence.
Additionally, park officials announced they have received four adaptive kayaks—two tandem and two single—from Rochester Accessible Adventures.
These adaptive kayaks—designed specifically for individuals who need additional support—will allow more members of the community to enjoy the recreational opportunities available while paddling on the Champlain Canal. Park officials will provide more information about opportunities to use these new kayaks in the spring.
Hudson Crossing Park is a not-for-profit located on Champlain Canal Lock C5 Island, north of Schuylerville on Route 4.
Their goal is to tie environmental responsibility to economic revitalization, and to impart that message and the know-how to make it happen to everyone.
The upgrade was funded by grants from Saratoga County, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, and AARP among others.
Learn more about Hudson Crossing Park.
Tony Sims is a freelance writer and aspiring novelist based out of Franklin, Massachusetts. He’s crazy about writing and storytelling, chess, lifting, D&D, brewing, cooking, travel, and the outdoors. He hopes to write a bestseller, hike across the Appalachians, reach 2000 Elo in chess, bench press 315 pounds (he’s at 225 ORM), start a mead business (honey-wine), travel to all seven continents, and go deep sea fishing. (Spoiler Alert: He will.)
