Those of you with courage who enjoy being out on the water can always take a trip down the Gowanus Canal in a canoe. Or, if that doesn’t move you, you can look at the pictures and read the words at Big Sky Brooklyn and enjoy the Big G from afar. A sample:

Paddling through the fetid water, surrounded by petrochemical odors, it seems unlikely that anything could live in such a toxic environment, but life is all around the canal. On my trip I saw marine life (mostly dead, though), waterfowl, and various indigenous species, like the Coney Island White Fish…

In addition, there are two canoing opportunities this month–on Saturday, July 14 from 1:00pm-5:00pm and on Thursday, July 19 from 6:00pm-8:00pm. If you’re interested, you can check out a segment with Ellie Hanlon of the Dredgers on CUNY TV by clicking here, scroll down to the Gowanus Canal Gondolier episode.