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Hi,
Has anyone paddled the entire length of the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin down to the St. Croix and points beyond? I thought it would be a good multi-day trip next year. I've paddled parts of the Namekagon and the St. Croix a few times (grew up in Stillwater on the banks of the St. Croix), but I'm curious about how long this might take, etc. Cheers. |
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sorry. stupid software screwed it up so posted three times. anyway,
happy paddling! |
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I've paddled much of the St. Croix from Interstate (The Dalles) down to
William O"Brian State Park and it takes 6 to 9 hours depending on the wind. The current isn't strong in the summer and even allows for upstream travel...though the backwaters become isolated from the main river. An excellent book to buy is "Paddling Northern Wisconsin" by Mike Svob. Since the St. Croix IS the border...he covers both the Namekagon and both sides (WI&MN) of the St Croix in minute detail...lots of other trip ideas. "the dharma bum" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Has anyone paddled the entire length of the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin down to the St. Croix and points beyond? I thought it would be a good multi-day trip next year. I've paddled parts of the Namekagon and the St. Croix a few times (grew up in Stillwater on the banks of the St. Croix), but I'm curious about how long this might take, etc. Cheers. |
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I can't vouch for it, but check out
http://www.travelbygps.com/guides/st_croix/river.php "the dharma bum" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Has anyone paddled the entire length of the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin down to the St. Croix and points beyond? I thought it would be a good multi-day trip next year. I've paddled parts of the Namekagon and the St. Croix a few times (grew up in Stillwater on the banks of the St. Croix), but I'm curious about how long this might take, etc. Cheers. |
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On 7 Dec 2004 14:44:25 -0800, "the dharma bum"
wrote: Hi, Has anyone paddled the entire length of the Namekagon River in northwest Wisconsin down to the St. Croix and points beyond? I thought it would be a good multi-day trip next year. I've paddled parts of the Namekagon and the St. Croix a few times (grew up in Stillwater on the banks of the St. Croix), but I'm curious about how long this might take, etc. Cheers. I did it from County Road K (that's below the last dam on the Namekagon) to Wild River State Park several years ago. Took me from late Sunday afternoon to late Thursday afternoon, but I got cold and rained on and miserable one day, so I didn't enjoy myself, just kept on paddling to keep warm for about a 30 mile day. The rest of the time the current did almost all the work and I slept late and just relaxed. Don't stop at the very inviting looking spot at Danbury unless you want to pay for putting in your boat. I understand the price is a bit outrageous. I believe there's a spot you can put in on the other side of the bridge, called Riverside Park, for free and then walk across the bridge if you want to see such civilization as Danbury offers. It'll be your last chance for fast food until after takeout. It's an easy run in a whitewater kayak. A few class I rapids (if that), some rock gardens and two ledges. The book recommended gives good advice. There are maps you can get from the DNR in MN or WI that aren't great, but are good enough. Lots of campsites. Do not camp on the MN side where it's State Park land (there are two very long State Parks at spots there) unless there's a camping sign. They're a bit fussy about that. Late in the year I understand you may have to do a lot of dragging to get through on the 'Kagon if the water is low. I only dragged once, to get to a site that was apparently meant for higher water use, but I was in a Perception Dancer, so she could about float on dew. I don't know what a canoe or v keeled 'yak would be like. One of my buddies day trips on it and says it's fine, but I don't know how much of it he's done. It's lovely. Particulary the 'Kagon. I want to do it again some time. Give some thought to doing the whole length of the 'Croix, too. I understand the upper part of it (above where it joins the 'Kagon) is as good and may have a bit more rapids, if that's one of your things. They now have a rule that you can't have any glass on the river, as in bottles or jars. Something else may be prohibited, but I can't recall what at the moment. Cyli r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels. Often taunted by trout. Almost entirely harmless. http://www.visi.com/~cyli email: lid (strip the .invalid to email) |
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