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| Below the Alton Dam |
I knew it would be raining on Sunday, and I wasn’t sure what we
would be doing on Monday, so when Frank suggested a paddle on Saturday, it sounded good to me.
The Blackstone would have been closer for both of us, but it
is getting low, so we decided to run the Wood/Pawcatuck from Alton to
Bradford. We ran the shuttle, and
put-in to the Wood River below the Alton Dam. There were a few blow downs that we had to paddle
around, but we made it through fine.
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| Broken dam at Brudickville |
The Wood River joins the Pawcatuck River about a mile
downstream. The level in the Pawcatuck was low, but
fluid - 2 feet, 40 cfs on the Wood River Junction gage. Because of the low water, we decided to carry around the
broken dam at Burdickville rather than bounce down the rocks.
We stopped for lunch at the Burlingame Canoe Campsites, and
then paddled to the take-out at Bradford Landing. The Bradford Dam is under construction, but I didn’t take
the time to check it out – another time.
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| Approaching the Burdickville Road Bridge |
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