Hunt River - February 4, 2024

At the put-in

I had things to do yesterday, and I needed to stay local today, so I joined Chuck, Frank, Steve and Earl for an up-and-back trip on the Hunt River in North Kingstown.

The Hunt River arises in East Greenwich at Scrabbletown Brook and flows generally northeast for 11-miles into Potowomut Pond. After Potowomut Pond, the river emerges as the Potowomut River and flows east for 2.5-miles forming the southern shore of Potowomut Neck in Warwick before emptying into Narragansett Bay just south of Greenwich Bay.

Heading upstream

We put-in off Davisville Road in North Kingstown near parking for the Davis Memorial Wildlife Refuge, and just above a stone dam that once powered an old textile mill. There was plenty of water in the river with the gage at 1.5 feet, 100 cfs. The river twists and turns through acres of wetlands that make up this 94-acre Audubon property - surprisingly, no ice.

We paddle upstream until the river was clogged and full of brush before turning around. On the way back we stopped for a break at the Hunt River Preserve of the East Greenwich Land Trust. The group shot had TW asking "Midst the burly, squirrely, grizzly ole men, how dost thee, Erik, keep such a clean chin?"  I'm still going for the baby-faced look.

The crew - Chuck, Erik, Steve, Frank and Earl

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Davis Memorial Wildlife Refuge

Hunt River Gage