Sport
Lake Banook is home to three sprint canoe/kayak clubs, Banook Canoe Club, Senobe Aquatic Club, and Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club, as well as North Star Rowing. Mic Mac also has a rowing program. These clubs have developed multiple Olympians, National Champions, and World Championship team members. Lake Banook has an international-level course for canoe racing, as well as an official's tower and grandstands. Lake Banook has hosted many world-class competitions, including the canoe/kayak and rowing events at the inaugural Canada Summer Games in 1969, the World Junior Canoe Championships in 1989, the Senior World Championship in 1997, the World Marathon Championship in 2001, and the Senior World Championships in 2009.
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