...golf course in Kenai.Break out the canoe. Visit one of the Peninsula's many accessible lakes, or check out the Kenai Canoe Trails on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.Try kayaking Kachemak Bay or Resurrection Bay.Visit a park or playground...

...like sticklebacks, suckers, whitefish, and slimy sculpins also inhabit in the river. Daniel Quick, author of Kenai Canoe Trails, calls the uppermost reaches of the Swanson River "difficult passage." With that in mind, the watershed starts...

...you're interested in more in-depth information about the systems, you can purchase Daniel Quick's book, "The Kenai Canoe Trails," for $18.95. Kyle and I chose to travel from the Swan Lake route's west entrance only as far Spruce Lake...