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Post by mitchell on Feb 7, 2010 8:14:22 GMT -5
While snowmobiling over north this weekend, we travelled along side Cross Creek for a few Kms and noticed this creek is plenty wide and deep enough for a float. Has anyone ever paddled it? There looks to be a few possible put ins. Off Rt 8, a woods road leads to the river above the train bridge. This would be about 10 kms of paddling to the Nashwaak. Or I wonder if it is deep enough to put in off the highway in Cross Creek just past Stanley. This would be about 20kms of paddling. The last 10kms can certainly be paddled in the spring if nothing else. Anyone have any info?
Mitchell
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Post by Ken Corbett on Feb 7, 2010 8:36:53 GMT -5
Back in the day, my colleague P. M. paddled it from the highway in Cross Creek just past Stanley. He said there were several blowdowns, but he made it all the way down. He said there are some bigger drops near the meeting with the Nashwaak. Sorry this is second-hand, but I haven't been down it myself.
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Post by mitchell on Feb 7, 2010 10:50:08 GMT -5
Any info is helpful. I assumed there would be some blowdowns and narrow sections in the first 10km. Should be smooth sailing with some nice rapids the rest of the way. Will definately try and find some time in the spring for this one.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Feb 7, 2010 15:54:01 GMT -5
If you look at the NB Geomap viewer at geonb.snb.ca/geonb/, you see there is a sizeable stream that crosses Route 8 and empties into Cross Creek after just a few hundred yards. I confess I've often looked at it, even stopped there once to wonder .... you could leave a car at Nashwaak Bridge on Route 8 for a short shuttle.
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Post by ryanward10 on Feb 8, 2010 10:43:28 GMT -5
Sounds fun in that kick your butt in a new way close to home kind of way. A long cold paddle if you fell in early. Anybody ask the guy with the helmet cam if he'd make a reconaissance run for us
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Post by mitchell on Feb 8, 2010 13:24:39 GMT -5
Are you talking about 4, 5 or 6 mile brook Ken? They all cross under Rt 8 and are close to Cross Creek.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Feb 8, 2010 15:43:11 GMT -5
Five-Mile. I can tell off the Provincial atlas book because it shows the big beaver dam you can see from the road as you drive by. It looks wide enough to start, but you'd be dodging alders, I bet.
I dunno, I guess it appeals to the intrepid explorer hidden deep inside me. Ryan's right, we'd prolly git our ass kicked. But you have to do that every so often. It would likely be safer starting on route 625.
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Post by ryanward10 on Feb 10, 2010 14:44:52 GMT -5
I might just be suffering winter boredom, but does a winter scouting trip of this stream seem like a viable option? Could you leave a vehicle at Route 8 5 mile, and get dropped off by snowmobile where Mitchell was and snowshoe over to Route 8, or the other way around? I don't have much experience snowshoeing through woods in the winter, let alone along a creek valley. How far would you have to travel, how far can you cover on snowshoes through woods in a day? As I said at the start, maybe being couped up all winter has me talking crazy.
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Post by mitchell on Feb 18, 2010 15:21:11 GMT -5
The railroad bed runs for a few kms along the creek so you could just snowshoe along the trail and have a good look at the creek. The creek is mostly open so you wouldn't be able to travel on it. It looks like no problem from the train bridge down but I would like to scout the upper section sometime.
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Post by Ken Corbett on Feb 18, 2010 15:48:34 GMT -5
Mitchell,
Did you take a picture?
Ken
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Post by riveraddict on Feb 22, 2010 10:09:24 GMT -5
I have accessed the middle section of Cross Creek from the logging road off Route 8 and it is do-able in a 4WD in the spring- although it has been a few years (~8)- the road could be better or worse.... Turn left from the logging road once you hit the old train tracks. The worst section I have seen is near the mouth, probably about a 3+ in high water? I have only seen it when it was walkable in waders. It is easy to scout if you turn from Route 8 toward Stanley just after crossing McKenzie Brook. Turn at post office, then turn right before crossing the Nashwaak on the 'new' bridge. Follow this dirt road until you get to the old train tracks. Walk up the tracks until you come to Cross Creek- someone told me that this bridge has been burned? The worst rapid I have seen along this stretch is just below the bridge. I would be interested to know if this bridge is still there if you go check it out. Trail to get to these 'falls' is just before the bridge on left.
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Post by mitchell on Feb 23, 2010 10:17:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the info riveraddict. I have seen the rapids at the end of the creek and they do look like a challange. Surprisingly though, the elevation drop from Rt 625 to where the railway crosses is 197 ft. But from here to the Nashwaak is 164 ft. I assumed the second half of the creek would be much steeper so maybe the upper half has some nice rips too. If the weather keeps going like this we will be paddling very soon.
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