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Ohiopyle State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Dunbar, Henry Clay and Stewart Townships, Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

The focal point of the park is the more than of the Youghiogheny River Gorge that passes through the park.

The river provides some of the best whitewater boating in the Eastern United States.

Ohiopyle State Park is bisected by Pennsylvania Route 381 south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

The park opened to the public in 1965, but was not officially dedicated until 1971.

Scout Adventures are a network of activity centres owned and managed, and sometimes operated by The Scout Association.

They offer outdoor facilities, activities and experiences for members of the Scout Association and other youth organisations.

The centres typically have capacity for hundreds of Scouts simultaneously, including lodges and buildings, camping pitches, fireplaces, etc.

Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water.

It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle.

A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits facing forward, legs in front, using a double-bladed paddle to pull front-to-back on one side and then the other in rotation.

Most kayaks have closed decks, although sit-on-top and inflatable kayaks are growing in popularity as well.

Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water.

This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, and generally represents a new and challenging environment for participants.

Dealing with risk and the need for teamwork is often a part of the experience.

The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s, evolving from individuals paddling rafts with double-bladed paddles to multi-person rafts propelled by single-bladed paddles and steered by a tour guide at the stern.

It is considered an extreme sport, and can be fatal.

The International Rafting Federation, often referred to as the IRF, is the worldwide body which oversees all aspects of the sport.

A coureur des bois or coureur de bois (runner of the woods; plural: coureurs de bois) was an independent entrepreneurial French-Canadian woodsman who traveled in New France and the interior of North America.

They ventured into the woods usually to trade various European items for furs, and along the way they learned the trades and practices of the Native people.

These expeditions were fuelled by the beginning of the fur trade in the North American interior.

Trade began with coat beaver, but as the market grew coureurs de bois were trapping and trading prime beavers to be felted in Europe.