{"id":18252,"date":"2016-08-02T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T16:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=18252"},"modified":"2016-08-02T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T19:01:08","slug":"lions-annual-duck-race-draws-hundreds-to-port-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lions-annual-duck-race-draws-hundreds-to-port-sydney\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions&#8217; annual Duck Race draws hundreds to Port Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a perfect day for a &#8230; well &#8230; a duck race. And hundreds of people gathered at Port Sydney&#8217;s Indian Landing on the edge of the Muskoka River to swim, play games, take in the Zoo To You exhibit, have their face painted, chat, eat and wait for the ducks to race down the river to the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18252 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-gallery-block'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lions-annual-duck-race-draws-hundreds-to-port-sydney\/p1050436\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/07\/P1050436-214x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lions-annual-duck-race-draws-hundreds-to-port-sydney\/p1050422\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/07\/P1050422-214x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/lions-annual-duck-race-draws-hundreds-to-port-sydney\/p1050440\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2016\/07\/P1050440-214x140.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-block size-gallery-block\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The use of the word race may be a bit of an exaggeration. Many of the ducks decided to bask in the sun on the river bank upstream. 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