Purgatory

Also known as: Purgatory Eddy

Purgatory is a named eddy — not a distinct numbered rapid — in the Big Drops area of Cataract Canyon. The name is associated with a specific swirly eddy that can pull craft into a hold above or between the Big Drops. The 'Thank God Current' is the reassuring downstream flow adjacent to Purgatory that boaters aim for to pull away from the eddy's hold. Retained as an entity because it is referenced by site editorial content (scenes), though by schema type this is a flow feature rather than a numbered rapid.