GALLERY: The Great Beaver Paddle Festival 2018
The sun was shining and Beaver Dam Lake was smooth as glass on Saturday for the third annual Great Beaver Paddle Festival. Headquartered at Waterworks Park, the festival featured free clinics, music and refreshments as well as shuttle bus service to Edgewater Park and Fish Camp.
Gliding along

The Great Beaver Paddle Festival was held Saturday in Beaver Dam. Vaughn Sauer navigates a kayak after attending a free clinic at Waterworks Park to learn the basics. Hundreds of paddlers took advantage of the near perfect conditions to explore Beaver Dam Lake during the third annual event.
A balancing act

E.J. Shipp steadied himself as he tried out a paddle board Saturday at Waterworks Park in Beaver Dam. Hundreds of paddlers took to the waters of Beaver Dam Lake in canoes, kayaks and paddle boards during the third annual Great Beaver Paddle Festival.
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From left, Randy and Camden Stampfl show off a catfish they caught while fishing from their kayaks during Saturday's Great Beaver Paddle Festival.
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