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Canada's COVID travel restrictions force 500 rowers, Olympians to not train in Brevard

Don't expect to start seeing all those Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia license plates in Brevard County, which are typical as the seasons change.

At least 500 rowers — mostly from Canada — will not be making their annual trek to Indian Harbour Beach this fall, due to their country's COVID-19 travel restrictions.

"Oh, goodness, we'd usually get 500 Canadians down here and they would come for just under six months, from November and they'd have to leave in April," said Kristin Cusimano, the recreation director for the City of Indian Harbour Beach. The city controls Oars and Paddles Park, the hotbed for world-class canoe and kayak paddlers.