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Category: Safety
Go with the Flow with Friends
As I wrote earlier the July 10th paddle was amazing so when Barbara asked me to join her on July 14th to paddle in the high water. Marlies joined us. This time we started at Brown Street in Billerica and ended in Ballardvale right above the falls. The current ran… Continue reading Go with the Flow with Friends
July 10, 2021: Knights of Columbus, Tewksbury to Shawsheen Pines, Andover
Today’s paddle was a high flow river and rising. We started at a flow of 310 cubic feet per second and ended at 423 cubic feet per second. Now it’s up to 488. We had a great time and moved swiftly along. Not many photos till we took a break as you needed to focus… Continue reading July 10, 2021: Knights of Columbus, Tewksbury to Shawsheen Pines, Andover
Tree cleared near Knights of Columbus Put-In Seen on 5/14/2021
AFT Thanks to this crew this part of the river is navigatable. Michael Dempsey’s Shawsheen River crew: “This is our hobby: Weekly work parties to improve navigation” – before and after 🙂 BEFORE I paddled yesterday and came across this tree which had fallen totally across the river in about 3-4 ft of water. It’s… Continue reading Tree cleared near Knights of Columbus Put-In Seen on 5/14/2021
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The Merrimack River at Risk
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Important Warning: Still a Major Safety Issue in 2023: Shawsheen River, Andover Dam Removal
Dam Removal Completed in Andover What does it mean to the paddling community? By: Ken Doran, April 2017 In March, 2017 the final stages of the dam removals and river restoration on the Shawsheen River in Andover, for the Steven Street and Balmoral dams, has been completed. There has been extensive writing about this… Continue reading Important Warning: Still a Major Safety Issue in 2023: Shawsheen River, Andover Dam Removal