The weekly challenge for the Spring 2021 Virtual Canoe Race will be posted each Monday by 11 am for registered participants. Please direct any questions to canoerace@delawareriverkeeper.org.

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The first week's challenge for the 2021 Virtual Canoe Race will be posted by 9 am on Monday, October 4, 2021 for registered participants.

Each question is worth two points. Submit all answers on an Extra River Mile Question worksheet, found in the Teacher's Guide. Please email canoerace@delawareriverkeeper.org with questions.

1. What is the DRBC?

2. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is part of the National Park Service. When was the National Park Service created?

3. What is the Delaware Riverkeeper Network’s Pollution hotline number?

4. One of the earliest settlements in the Delaware River region was established by the Swedes near what is present day Wilmington, Delaware. This settlement would be renamed “Christina” for the young woman who was then queen of Sweden. What was the first name given to this settlement?

5. The American eel plays an essential role in the Delaware River ecosystem. If American eels disappeared from the food chain, the variety and numbers of other species in this ecosystem would be affected. What term is used to describe species that play essential roles in their ecosystems?

6. A flyway is the flight path traveled by migratory birds each spring and fall. The Delaware Bay is important stopover many birds that migrate between the Arctic and points in the Caribbean. Along which flyway is the Delaware Bay located?

7. The Lenni Lenape lived region from southern Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey through eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. What did the Lenni Lenape call the region in which they lived?

8. What is the Green Amendment movement?

9. Pettys Island is considered part of which Delaware River watershed state?

10. John James Audubon is known for his paintings of birds collected in his book, Birds of America. Audubon lived for a short time in Pennsylvania. Where in Pennsylvania did Audubon live?