A planned paddle-bike-run triathlon aims to bring awareness to clean water issues involving the Chilkat River.
Longtime clean water activist Gershon Cohen this week started seeking sponsors for the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon he hopes to hold July 16.
It would involve an eight-mile canoe paddle from Mosquito Lake to 21 Mile Haines Highway, a bike race from 21 Mile to Jones Point and a foot race from Jones Point to Chilkat State Park.
The…