Great Beaver Creek Duck Race

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Rubber ducks race down Beaver Creek during the 2005 Beaver Creek Festival, held each fall in Montezuma, one of the largest cities in Macon County. The festival celebrates the recovery of the city following the 1994 flooding of the Flint River.

Photograph by Camille Bielby

Great Beaver Creek Duck Race

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