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White Water Walk

At White Water Walk, you'll ride an elevator down 70 meters, then walk along a tunnel that is 73 meters long. The Boardwalk beside the rapids is 305 metres (1,000 feet or ¼ mile) and stairs lead to two observation areas at the edge of the River.

The Whirlpool Rapids consist of 4 kilometers of 3-5 meter standing waves, making this stretch of whitewater the largest/finest series of standing waves in North America. These standing waves are thought to be caused not by rock obstructions on the bottom of the river, which is probably swept clean here, but by the sheer force (volume and speed) of the water being forced through the narrowing of the gorge at this point.
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An eroded rock near the tunnel to the walk way
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An eroded rock near the tunnel to the walk way

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  • An eroded rock near the tunnel to the walk way
  • Looking up river from the start of the walkway.  Whirpool Rapids bridge and Michigan Central Railway Bridge crossing the gorge
  • Looking up river from the start of the walkway.  Whirpool Rapids bridge and Michigan Central Railway Bridge crossing the gorge
  • A small rail that a cart travels for bringing supplies down or people up in the event of an elevator failure
  • The start of the rapids
  • Gorge wall on the US side
  • My girlfriend along the start of the walkway
  • River rapids
  • Trees on the hillside above the walkway
  • A chipmunk next to the walkway
  • River rapids
  • River rapids
  • Breaking waves on the river
  • Breaking waves on the river
  • River rapids
  • River rapids from the first observation area next to the water
  • River rapids from the first observation area next to the water
  • River rapids from the first observation area next to the water
  • The first observation area
  • Rocks at the first observation area
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