Gaspereau River

[thatsapaddlin]

In June I had the great pleasure of running the Gaspereau River in New Brunswick with my brother, father, and uncle. It was my father's and uncle's first canoe trip in over 10-years, and my brother's first ever! The trip was great, the weather wasn't. The Gaspereau doesn't have the lore of the Miramichi or the St. Croix, but it's a great wilderness river -- by NB standards. In four days we didn't see or hear a soul, it was just us and the fish -- and there were many, although there are no salmon in the river. I liked it so much that I later returned on a solo trip. 


We put-in at the snowmobile warming hut -- see map in detailed report -- and took out at the Burpee Covered Bridge -- perhaps the most New Brunswick take out you could imagine. In total the trip was ~45-50km, most of which was covered on the final day. The paddling was easy, no real rapids to contend with and minimal sweepers.



The nearest gauge in Salmon River was between was nearing 11.0 as we started, but was down near 10 on our final day. Not quite sure how reliable this reading is for the Gaspereau, so I defer to local knowledge. 



A more detailed report is available here, including a pdf map complete with campsites: maritimeoutofdoors.com/2017/09/16/gaspereau/



Hope this is useful for someone!

-Grant

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[Ken Corbett]

What a great story! I have often put in at the 123 bridge, and wondered how far upriver I could have started. Thank you for the story and pictures.

[thatsapaddlin]

Hey Ken,

Really glad you enjoyed the story! Nice to have a paddling writer such as yourself have a read!

-Grant.

[cosmo]

What's the story with fishing below the 123, no spinners? Nice pics

[thatsapaddlin]

Hey cosmo,

No change in regulation below the bridge. Spinners are allowed on the whole river. We just didn't have time to fish much below the bridge.

Above the bridge was nicer.

Thanks for taking a look!

-Grant.