Often, visitors to the Connetquot River moor their boats and tour the Grand Canal in their tenders. Here is one such group.
The Long Island Paddlers have made it clear that they want the Grand Canal cleaned up! As you can see, this small sample of their membership of over 200 people represents many villages and hamlets on Long Island.
Here, local Kayakers make use of one of the Town of Islip's public access points.
Kayakers of all ages enjoy touring the Grand Canal
Here, Kayakers haul their Kayaks out of the Grand Canal to go exploring in the state wetlands.
Another group of Kayakers
A group of north-bound kayakers pass a southbound tender
Kayakers visit here all year long
These canoers are preparing to disembark into the state wetlands