Tag:canoe=put_in
 canoe = put_in
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For places where a boat (canoe/kayak/stand up paddleboard/row boat/paddle-craft) is carried to and from the water. 
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canoe=put_in is used for a point where a canoe, kayak, or other small boat can enter the water. It's used for spots without a ramp. It can be a canoe rest area, a canoe station or a transfer point. It should be signposted or structurally prepared for it. For places where there is a ramp for launching a boat into water, use leisure=slipway instead.
Some, but not all mappers use canoe=put_in specifically to indicate points where one can start a paddle journey, canoe=egress for points where one can end, and canoe=put_in;egress for places where both are allowed.
Many paddle mappers instead prefer to use waterway=access_point to tag small boat launches, and reserve canoe=* for tagging allowed access.
How to map
Draw a node 
at the edge of the water where the boat will be put in or out and add canoe=*.
Add any path, steps, pier or highway=* leading to the node to facilitate routing.
Tags used in combination
name=*When signed or officially recognized.description=*Details helpful for use of the site.access=*Legal access restrictions.fee=*mapillary=*Photo of site.operator=*river:waterway_distance=*surface=*Primary surface the boat may contact when transitioning between water and land. May be different than the surface of any pier, stairs, beach, path, etc.wheelchair=*
Alternative tagging
canoe=* is best as an access tag and is not suited as a primary type tag. Moreover different permutations of put_in/egress are difficult to query, and are not used consistently by mappers to show launch-ability. Therefore the alternative Tag waterway=access_point was invented to overcome these issues.
Values
| Description | Element | Key and Value | Icon | Number |
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| Put in | |
canoe=put_in |
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| Egress | |
canoe=egress |
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| Put in / egress | |
canoe=put_in;egress |
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Rendering
OpenStreetBrowser renders objects of interest to paddlers (example). To enable the categories, expand: Leisure, Sport and Shopping > Outdoor activities > Paddling:
- Paddling Routes
- Paddling Amenities
- Paddling Hazards
JOSM shows an icon.
Clean up
The following Overpass Turbo queries can be used for migrating to the canoe=* key.
whitewater to canoe
Likely because of OsmAnd's support of the whitewater schema, the whitewater key has been used in many places, where canoe would be more appropriate. Rather than map for the renderer, please upvote and comment on the request for OsmAnd to add support for the canoe key.
nwr["whitewater"];
slipway to canoe=put_in;egress
Presumably as they are rendered by Mapnik, many places have been tagged as leisure=slipway which would more accurately be tagged as canoe=put_in;egress .
nwr["leisure"="slipway"];