Habitat 67 (wave)
Habitat 67 is the name of a standing wave in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal , Québec , Canada , named after the neighboring Habitat 67 residential complex . It is one of the Lachine rapids . It is a popular place for kayaking ( playboating ) and river surfing .
geography
Between Lac Saint-Louis in the west and the Bassin de Laprairie in the east, the Saint Lawrence River overcomes a height difference of around 13 meters over a distance of three kilometers. In the middle of the rapids are several small islands that serve as resting places for migratory birds . These include the Île aux Hérons (Heron Island), the Île aux Chèvres (Goat Island), the Sept Sœurs (Seven Sisters) and the Île au Diable (Devil's Island). The rapids cause permanent standing waves in some places . One of them is Habitat 67. The wave is caused by the rapid current of the river hitting blocks below the surface of the water. The wave can be up to 2 m high under appropriate conditions. The Lachine rapids also include other waves that can reach a size of two meters under appropriate conditions, for example the "Big Joe" wave upstream at Lachine .
Sports
The former Olympic participant Corran Addison and three-time kayak freestyle world champion discovered the wave for himself in 2002. He has been running a kayak school there since 2005, which has already trained several thousand students. A second kayak school also trains on this wave.
Web links
- The Wave , a video on Montreal surfing by Corran Addison
- Imagine Surfboards surf school website
- Surfing the St. Lawrence, Montreal Gazette, August 23, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Surf's up St. Lawrence. Montreal Mirror, July 9, 2009, archived from the original on January 17, 2006 ; accessed on June 9, 2011 .
- ^ Mary Lamey: Everybody's gone surfin 'on the St. Lawrence River . In: Montreal Gazette , Canwest. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ↑ Jesse Huffman: Surfing a river When the Wave Does not Move . In: New York Times , July 10, 2009.
- ^ Clement Sabourin: Welcome to Montreal Beach, new river surf capital . In: Agence France-Presse , September 4, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 73 ° 32 ′ 37 ″ W.