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black - man made green - vegetation over 6 feet white - vegetation under 6 feet blue - water brown - contour lines red - major roadways purple - new additions beam - the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part bracing stroke - any of several paddle strokes providing stability against the capsizing force of a lateral current; may also be used for turning broaching - the turning boatside of a boat due to the action of different currents at bow and stern channel - a canoeable route through a river section chute - a channel through a gap or drop in a rapid, steeper and faster than the surrounding waterdeck - on a traditional canoe, the triangular piece of wood to which the gunwales attach at their ends; on a whitewater canoe or kayak, a covering for the entire hull to prevent entrance of water eddy - the area downstream of an obstruction either in midstream or at the bank, in which the flow is reversed or circular eddy line - the sharp boundary at the edge of an eddy between two currents of different velocity and direction ferry - a maneuver to move laterally across a current by paddling upstream either backward or forward and at an angle to the current grip - the extreme upper end of a canoe paddle, shaped for holding with the palm over the top gunwales - the uppermost portion of the sides of the canoe all around hanging strokes - high bracing strokes, so called because the paddler hangs some of his weight on the paddle held high heavy water - the white water term for the phenomena of supernormal flow in a river, characterized by high standing waves, fast currents, extreme velocity difference etc haystacks - large standing waves which accompany deceleration of a current keel - a projecting strip along the bottom of the canoe, on the outside, to cut down sideslipping lining - the use of ropes to work a boat downstream from the shore non-power face - the face of the paddle blade opposite the power facepainter - a line attached to bow or stern of a boat