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| Running one of the ledges |
Seboomook lies in
what is known as the North Maine Woods - a consortium of private landowners
(mostly paper companies) encompassing 3.5 million acres of working forest. The
scenery is beautiful, and on this day, the black flies and mosquitoes were
vicious. Fortunately, the bugs are not problem on the river, and we did see a bald eagle swoop down and catch a fish.
We ran the section from the Seboomook Dam to the Roll Dam Campsites. The river was at a great level – 800 cfs, which I am told is a medium level. We had five boats – Rod, Deb, Harland, Tommy and me. The run consists of 11 ledges that at this level were probably class III. The drop and pool nature of this river is unlike most other New England rivers, which have long boulder strewn rapids. The drops are intense but very short with a large slow recovery pool below. It’s a great place to practice running drops and punching holes.
We ran the section from the Seboomook Dam to the Roll Dam Campsites. The river was at a great level – 800 cfs, which I am told is a medium level. We had five boats – Rod, Deb, Harland, Tommy and me. The run consists of 11 ledges that at this level were probably class III. The drop and pool nature of this river is unlike most other New England rivers, which have long boulder strewn rapids. The drops are intense but very short with a large slow recovery pool below. It’s a great place to practice running drops and punching holes.
I swam once, on the third drop
trying to eddy out on river right behind a rock. Otherwise I ran the drops clean.
West Branch of the Penobscot from Erik Eckilson on Vimeo.
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