This is a clean-up session to clear trees and debris for the upcoming Covered Bridge paddle.
Raccoon Creek Clean Up
Date: 27 August 2023
Time: 0800 am until complete
Description: we will do our annual cleanup of Raccoon Creek Clean Up to prepare for our annual
Covered Bridge Festival Paddle which will also be our 60 th HCKC Anniversary Paddle and Shirley Gates’
Memorial Paddle in October. I will need a couple of individuals with chainsaws and several folks with a
strong desire to get wet and dirty playing in the river to make passages that are safe and navigable!
Plan: we will meet at the Cecil M. Harden Lake Out flow which is off Ferndale Road before you cross the
Raccoon Creek. The best way to get there is take US 36 to the intersection of State Road 59 in the town
of Bellmore, IN. Go south on ST Rd 59 from Bellmore to Ferndale Road and turn East and follow
Ferndale Road until you see the bridge going over Raccoon and we will be there. Please be there at 8am
so we can set up shuttle and get started.
Please RSVP by registering online at HCKC.
Sponsor: John Gates 207-522-0259
Contact John Gates john.e.gates.civ@army.mil or Toni Harris tosharri@gmail.com
