Musquodoboit River today

[Dusan Soudek]

   Two canoeists and three sea kayakers came out on today's official CKNS trip down the rain-swollen Musquodoboit River. It was very, very high and Jam Falls and Blue Falls in Musquodoboit Harbour were pretty well washed out. But we paddled the very slow-moving stretch further upstream, between the bridge by the Elderbank highway sign and the bridge at Meaghers Grant.

   Trip leader David Ripley started the outing off with an elegant seal launch, and we were off. Our progress was rudely interrupted by a heavy shower, which necessitated us to seek shelter under some dense branches of  an old riverside hemlock. Our next break from paddling was a bushwhack up  Dollar Lake Brook to check the scenic gorge, which was filled with rushing water, and the ruins of the old grist mill. Very, very scenic.

   Another heavy shower caught us while we were already ashore for our lunch break. Again, heavy riverside foliage helped us survive the downpour.

   All in all, we spent some four hours on the flooding and truly mighty Musquodoboit River. many thanks to David Ripley for organizing a fine river trip.

   Dusan Soudek

[Dave404]

And a few more photos of that Musquodoboit River trip on Thunderday...

* DaveR demonstrating what can be done with a Greenlandic tooth pick.
* Paddle beneath hemlocks alongshore for shelter from Thunder system passing over head.
* An indication of the semi-flood level of the mighty Musquodoboit.

[Dave404]

P.S.

The CBC Radio program (B0undary Rock) broadcast that morning is available as an MP3 file.

Direct link to the mp3:
http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/maritimemagazine_20110617_57303.mp3