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| Exploring a side channel |
I got out on a crisp fall day today to
paddle the South Branch of the Nashua River.
The
South Branch of the Nashua River arises at the Wachusett Reservoir in
Clinton, MA and flows generally northward for 56 miles through north-central MA
and southern NH before emptying into the Merrimack River in Nashua NH. While
I had never paddled the South Branch, I had previously paddled the North Branch
of the Nashua River from Leominster to the Lancaster. The North Branch rises west of Fitchburg and flows generally southward for 30 miles until it
joins the South Branch near Lancaster.
We put in at the Petapawag Canoe Launch off Nod Road in
Groton, and took out at the Nashua River Canoe Launch on Canal Street in
Pepperell. The river twists and turns among many islands and side
channels that turn this inundated marshland into a giant 5 mile long maze.
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| Paddling with Bill on one of the side channels |
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