Northwaters Wilderness Program

April, 2009

First Paddle of the season, Canoe Camp director escapes the office

By C.G. Stephens, Monday, April 6th, 2009

For the past few weeks I’ve been watching the snow disappear from the High Peaks and the river rise at the Falls in Wadhams, mourning the end of ski season while eagerly anticipating paddling once again.  The Boquet river runs out of Elizabethtown as a meandering, innocuous looking stream, disappears into Steele Woods where it becomes a raucous class 2+ ride  and then emerges at Brainards Forge looking relatively innocent, giving few clues of the good times had out of the public eye. (more…)