Venue

Facilities: Venue for Canoe, Kayak and Open Water Swimming, 2015 Pan American Games

The Welland International Flatwater Centre boasts:

• Two Courses (North and South)
  Full 1000m Albano Buoyed Course
  Full 2000m Albano Buoyed Course
• Race Courses are constant 32’ depth across all lanes
• Race Course is well protected from winds by the natural amphitheatre created from the over dig of the original Old Welland Canal
• Finish Lynx Timing System with Split Timing Capability
• Live Result Broadcast –  LCD Display/Web/Text
• International Standard Timing Tower
• Parking for over 1,000 vehicles
• On-Water Start Tower
• Trail System parallel to course for viewing on both sides
• Hand-Held start system
• 6 Wakeless Launches for Officials
• Miscellaneous Regatta equipment
• Seating for 750 spectators in bleachers
• Wonderful sloped banks for standing viewing with room for 1,000’s in a park like setting
• Paved asphalt trail system along the banks of the waterway to follow races
  

Booking and Event Information

Erin Terreberry, Events and Program Manager

 

NORTH AND SOUTH COURSES

In an effort to develop rowing, canoekayak, dragon boat and open-water swimming in the Niagara Region and in Canada, the WRCC through the creation of the WIFC has and continues dedicating considerable time and resources to develop plans, provide means and opportunities to develop both courses and deliver permanent club, storage, training, physiotherapy, and regatta facilities.