Experienced kayaker dies on the Little River in DeSoto State Park

FORT PAYNE, Alabama (WDEF) – A Kayaking incident claimed the life of an Alabama woman on Sunday.

48 year old Jennifer Carin Burford was killed while kayaking the West Fork of the Little River in DeSoto State Park.

She was an experienced kayaker.

Buford was a member and instructor for the Birmingham Kayak Club.

And she had just returned from a whitewater trip to Ecuador.

Burford was an attorney in Birmingham and was originally from Jackson, Georgia.