June 18, 2017 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated June 18, 2017 at 10:15 p.m.
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Staff photos by Doug Strickland
Volunteers in canoes prepare to work as duck wranglers during the Great Kiwanis Duck Race on the Tennessee River on Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of rubber ducks were dropped from the Walnut Street Bridge to drift with the current downstream in a race to the finish, and proceeds for entries benefitted the Children's Advocacy Center of Hamilton County.
On Saturday afternoon, thousands of numbered rubber ducks were dumped into the Tennessee River from the Walnut Street Bridge in a drift to the finish. The Great Kiwanis Duck Race, which benefits the Children's Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, offers entrants the chance to win prizes if their duck is among the first to cross the finish line.
