Try to imagine how the whitewater course will look most of the time

That is, empty. Here is a youtube video of the Cardiff International Whitewater course as it fills up.  When it is empty, it is a concrete channel.  So that is the view we will have in Saskatoon when the course isn't running.  And when will that be?  At certain times every day when it is not in use. So, for some hours daily. And overnight, no doubt.  And, um, well, then there is winter, and the cold months in spring and fall.  So won't that be a grand view, when you go down to the weir to look at the river?  An empty course, sometimes littered with brightly coloured blocks, which are used like articifical "rocks" to change the current pattern for the entertainment of the kayakers. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxQniY0sEro

The illustrations shown to us by Saskatoon Light and Power are always of the course running.  Where are the illustrations of how it will look most of the time, that's what we at Pelican Watch would like to know?

On a brighter note, we have only two months and change before the pelicans return!  Until then, keep warm on your walks by the river....