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Backwater n.:

• a small, generally shallow, body of water connected to a river but not affected by its current
• a place or situation regarded as cut off from the mainstream of activity and consequently regarded as quiet or unimportant.
• A rowing or paddling stroke in which the oar or paddle motion is reversed, used to check a boat's forward motion or move it backward.

Topics:

• Boats and Boatbuilding: boats.backwater.org     (aka Fritz's Boat Page)
• Biology and Sciences
• Pacific herring, cornerstone of northern nearshore marine ecosystems
• History

List of Publications (by Backwater principal)