Habitat 67 (standing wave)

{{Short description|Standing wave in the Lachine Rapids}}

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Habitat 67 is the name of a standing wave on the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Informally named for the adjacent Habitat 67 housing complex, it has become a popular destination for whitewater kayaking and river surfing.{{cite news |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/060905/hsg2.html |title=Surf's up St. Lawrence |last=Woodley |first=Matthew |date=June 9–15, 2005 |work=Montreal Mirror |accessdate=July 10, 2009}}

The wave is created by fast-moving water hitting underwater boulders. This creates a wave that can reach a height of {{convert|2|metres}}. The Lachine Rapids feature other two-metre breaks, including a wave further upriver near Lachine, known locally as Big Joe.{{cite news |url=http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/travel/story.html?id=873de5ba-f113-45b9-8b73-9b4e216ab73f |title=Everybody's gone surfin' on the St. Lawrence River |last=Lamey |first=Mary |work=Montreal Gazette |publisher=Canwest |url-status=dead |archivedate=February 27, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227155944/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/travel/story.html?id=873de5ba-f113-45b9-8b73-9b4e216ab73f }}

Corran Addison, an Olympic kayaker and three-time world freestyle kayak champion, was the first to surf the Habitat wave in 2002. His river-surfing school, Imagine Surfboards, has taught 3,500 students since 2005. A second Montreal river-surfing school, KSF, has hosted 1,500 students a year since 2003. From fewer than ten original surfers, it is estimated that there are currently around 500 participants.{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/travel/escapes/10Riversurf.html |title=Surfing a River When the Wave Doesn't Move |last=Hufman |first=Jesse |date=July 10, 2009 |work=New York Times |accessdate=July 10, 2009}}{{cite news |title=Welcome to Montreal Beach, new river surf capital |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090904/ts_afp/lifestylecanadasurfsport_20090904062846 |last=Sabourin |first=Clement |date=September 4, 2009 |work=Agence France-Presse |url-status=dead |archivedate=February 3, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203023616/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090904/ts_afp/lifestylecanadasurfsport_20090904062846/ }}