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Photos: Kayaking in the Los Angeles River

The Atlantic
July 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Photos: Kayaking in the Los Angeles River

Justin Sullivan, a photojournalist with Getty Images, recently spent time paddling down the Los Angeles River on a guided tour with George Wolfe, an advocate for the river and the founder of LA River Expeditions.

An aerial view of a kayaker paddling along a narrow channel among bushes on either side of an urban river channel
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An aerial view of a kayaker paddling along the Los Angeles River during an LA River Expeditions tour in Los Angeles, California, on July 26, 2026
A person uses a broom to clean stacked kayaks beside a river.
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Jordani Juarez with LA River Expeditions prepares kayaks before the start of a tour along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.
A small flock of Canada geese fly over a river.
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Canada geese fly over the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.
A person demonstrates how to paddle from inside a kayak on a riverbank, as a group watches.
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Jordani Juarez demonstrates how to paddle a kayak before the start of a tour along the Los Angeles River on July 25, 2026.
A person stands in shallow water, assisting a kayaker at the start of a tour.
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George Wolfe (left), a Los Angeles River advocate and the LA River Expeditions founder, helps a kayaker get launched at the start of a tour on July 25, 2026.
A tour guide points at greenery along a riverbank, as several other kayakers listen.
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George Wolfe gives a guided tour along the Los Angeles River on July 25, 2026. In 2008, Wolfe helped lead a 51-mile kayak expedition down the Los Angeles River to demonstrate that the waterway was navigable, helping pave the way for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify the river as “Traditional Navigable Waters” and grant it protections under the Clean Water Act in 2010. In 2011, Wolfe started offering guided kayak tours that introduce visitors to the river’s wildlife, ecology, and ongoing restoration.
Kayakers paddle along a river beneath a road bridge.
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Kayakers paddle along the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin on July 25, 2026.
An egret flies past two cormorants on the banks of a river.
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An egret flies past two cormorants on the banks of the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.
People carry kayaks down a concrete slope into an urban river.
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On July 26, 2026, kayakers prepare to launch boats into the Los Angeles River on another LA River Expeditions tour.
Kayakers paddle past trees and aquatic plants, with residential buildings in the background.
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Kayakers paddle past trees and aquatic plants on the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.
An aerial view of kayakers in a narrow channel of an urban river, passing many trees and bushes, hemmed in by sloping concrete walls.
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An aerial view of kayakers taking a guided tour of the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026
A kayaker paddles through brush.
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A kayaker paddles through brush during a tour on July 26, 2026.
An aerial view of kayakers in a river, passing greenery
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An aerial view of kayakers in the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026
Kayakers navigate past small rocks in a shallow river.
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Kayakers navigate past rocks in the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026.
An aerial view of traffic passing over the Los Angeles River as a kayak tour takes place below
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An aerial view of traffic passing over the Los Angeles River as a kayak tour takes place below, on July 26, 2026
Kayakers navigate along an urban river.
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Kayakers navigate along the Los Angeles River on July 26, 2026, during a guided tour.
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