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| Duck weed on the canal at River Bend Farm |
We’ve had a lot of rain this week, so rivers are running all
over. I’m planning to run the Dead
next weekend up in Maine, so I wanted to stay local today. I decided to do the canal/river loop at River Bend Farm.
I usually leave my car at the broken dam across from the
Stanley Woolen Mill and carry my boat across the street to the canal. This allows me to run the broken dam at
the end. Unfortunately, there is a
strainer blocking the main channel through the dam, so I decided not to
run it. Instead, I put in at River
Bend Farm and ran the loop from there.
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| Taking a break |
At this time of year, the lower section of the canal is
usually covered with green duckweed.
Today, all the duckweed was at the upstream end near River Bend Farm. The wind must have blown it there.
The river was flowing nice (about 3.5 feet on the Northbridge gage) with enough water to allow you to
go straight through many of the turns that are tricky at lower water. Just above the take out to cross back
over to the canal there is a river wide strainer across the river. Hopefully the Rangers will get in there
to clear it out.
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| Visitor Center at River Bend Farm |
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