Minden Wild Water Preserve

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Minden Wild Water Preserve
Minden Wild Water Preserve
Location Minden, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates 44°58′02.8″N78°40′55.2″W / 44.967444°N 78.682000°W / 44.967444; -78.682000 Coordinates: 44°58′02.8″N78°40′55.2″W / 44.967444°N 78.682000°W / 44.967444; -78.682000
Capacity 500
Construction
Renovated2012-2014
Tenants
2015 Pan American Games

The Minden Wild Water Preserve is a current natural canoeing and kayaking slalom facility in Minden, Ontario, Canada, and was used for the 2015 Pan American Games canoe slalom events. The facility's renovations were completed in 2014, one year before the 2015 Pan American Games began. [1] The venue was the furthest games venue from Toronto at about 191 km away. [2]

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The renovations to the facility cost about $2 million. [3]

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The men's slalom C-1 canoeing event at the 2015 Pan American Games will be held between the 18th and 19th of July at the Minden Wild Water Preserve in Minden Hills. At the Pan American Sports Organization's 2013 general assembly in Jamaica, canoe slalom competitions were added to the program. This will be the first time slalom has been staged at the Pan American Games. Furthermore, women will also compete in canoe races for the first time ever in both disciplines. The winners of the four canoe slalom competitions will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the host nation of the Olympics (Brazil) wins the event, the runner up will qualify instead.

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