Nashwaak lake

[tickles]

Can you start the nashwaak river trip from here?
thanx
joel

[Ken Corbett]

I have, read my trip report. It's narrow. The alders were thick the first mile, then they drew back but you had to be careful for the next four or five, and there was always the danger of a log jam around the next turn. There is a six-foot ledge with no easy carry, and a broken dam to go through or around. Watch for strainers too. The stream is wider past Gorby Gulch, easier paddling down to the Narrows..

Are you familiar with the Narrows at the foot of the big mountain? Treacherous.

Ken

[tickles]

Yes I think so. It looked like four rocks all hudled together that you would not be able to pick through. is that them or is the narrows a longer dificult section?

[Ken Corbett]

Yeah, sounds like that. It's at the foot of Narrows Mountain, and it connects the Little Basin Pool upstream to the Big Basin Pool downstream.

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Cut and paste the whole string into your browser bar.

for a map. The road on the right is the Valley Forest Products bridge out of Williamsburg.

See Mitchell's pictures at www.nanookofthenashwaak.com/mitchellnash.shtml.

Ken

[tickles]

That looks like the spot where we checked out the river. Thanx for that link great maps better than some I have been looking at. Seems like planning the trip is half the fun....
joel

[dbradford]

If you decide to run this section in canoes, or something not set up for ww, you might want to plug these coordinates into your GPS, and be ready to portage the Narrows.
It is about 4 kilometres upriver from the Narrows Bridge on the Mill Rd. between Big Basin and Little Basin. Some day I’m going to kayak that stretch when my whitewater skills are good enough.
Coordinates are (N 46º17.952’ W067º03.676’) although by this point you'd be committed to the run so set your alarm for 300-500 metres above this mark just to be sure.

[Ken Corbett]

I've run the stretch from Big Basin to the Narrows Bridge several times. Once we splashed through turn after turn of chest-high haystacks in the spring freshet (our canoe had a spray skirt on.) It was a thrill.

I've dragged my boat on foot through mile after mile of granite rock gardens in low water on this stretch in the fall as well, shinned my knees and swore a blue streak.

Watch the water levels.

Ken