Paddling near South Bend, IN

Set in St. Joseph County in northern Indiana, South Bend sits on the St. Joseph River, the defining waterway of the South Bend/Mishawaka area and one of the Midwest's best paddling playgrounds. Paddlers run everything from relaxed flatwater floats to the downtown East Race Waterway, a man-made Class II whitewater channel. Beyond the city, the undammed Kankakee River National Water Trail and 327-acre Worster Lake at Potato Creek State Park round out the scene.