Downriver Canoe Company invites you to join us in the Shenandoah Valley for an unforgettable day of fun and adventure in canoes, kayaks, rafts and tube floats on one of America’s most beautiful rivers, The Shenandoah.
Downriver Canoe Company
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Our Testimonials
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End of an era, start of a new adventure
Fourteen years ago, I visited the Shenandoah Valley looking for a location to host an adventure race. With Shenandoah National Park, George Washington National Forest, and the Shenandoah River, the area was perfect as an outdoor adventure playground. Not long into the reconnaissance, I came across Downriver Canoe Company, an old-school outfitter nestled right on… Read more »
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AN INDUSTRIAL LEGACY
During the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century a number of large, heavy industrial plants were located along the Shenandoah River. During most of that period the prevailing attitude was, “dilution is the solution to pollution”, so most of the liquid waste was simply dumped into the river with minimal processing. Won’t the river… Read more »
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NUTRIENT LOADING
One of the most significant environmental threats to the Shenandoah River is nutrient loading; too much of the stuff that makes plants grow (mainly nitrogen and phosphorus) getting into the river and making the tiniest of plants (algae) grow out of control. When the algae matures, dies, and decomposes it consumes oxygen from the water… Read more »