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Originally Posted by gonegonzo
No JP ,
We had a blue van that was parked at our put in . We canoed the West Fork from Gavers to West Point . It's about a ten mile run . Had to pick our routes . Needed about 3 more inches to make it ideal. It became a game however and we had a good time.
The water was great as far as temp. goes . The weather , well , you seen it . We seen 51 Blue Heron nests within 1 mile shortly after put in . Seen a beautiful Osprey but no Eagles which are seen at times.
We seen a van with a trailer but he wasn't going to the West Fork. Very few paddle the West fork or even know that it's canoeable.
Another good trip ( water permitting ) is to put in at Franklin Square and canoe to the river . That's a two day float with a camp out at the group camp at Sprucevale . I have canoed it all the way to Wellsville where I live .
This seat that I installed however about killed my knees. I'm thinking of raising it a little and adding new knee pads as Rich suggested . The Knee pads need replaced anyway . Might as well do them all .
I just want things to be like they were 80 pounds ago .
Gonzo
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ok, thanks....that heron rookery sounds pretty interesting.
Even the main fork could have used a few more inches, but it appeared runnable. Yeah, I'd like to do all three forks of Little Beaver from as high in the drainage as possible. Problem would likely be all the wood that one could expect to encounter in the upper parts of the watersheds. That would have been a neat adventure to go from Franklin Square to Wellsville. One of the guys in our club has paddled the main fork of Little Beaver from where it crosses Route 14 between Salem and Washingtonville.
The county park district just acquired some property adjacent to the West Fork and it's called something like Hellbender Park where I think there is also boat access. Part of the new park as I understand is reclaimed strip mine land that they are reforesting.
Maybe it's time to go over to the dark side (kayaks) to give your knees a break....;?)
jp