Save the date! Pending the further lifting of covid-19 state of emergency restrictions, the SRWA plans to paddle the Shawsheen River two hours downstream for up to 10 boats; from Wilmington into Andover – BYOBoat, park the cars downstream at River Pines Conservation Land and shuttle back to the starting [ Read More ]
SRWA with Marlies Paddles aka Boat Beautiful Billerica traveled the meandering Shawsheen River downstream from Akeson at Putin 5 in Billerica to 2000 Whipple Road at Putin 8 in Tewksbury. Some of us continued to Putin 9 at Knights of Columbus in Tewksbury. Traversing the aqueduct was the absolute [ Read More ]
Each morning at breakfast you amble up from the beach, an apparition on stilts with grapefruit-pink, three pronged toes, pausing at the patio screen where we now sit eating honeydew melon and toast. Still as a statue, you stare at our strange ways: our dependence on chairs, our serrated [ Read More ]
The afternoon was good. Interestingly the water level trying to go through the aqueduct was very low making it impossible to paddle against the current. Paddle continued hitting the bottom. Neither of us could go through. Going upstream was great. Where previously we were stopped going downstream, it was easy [ Read More ]
A steep putin off of Dale street in Ballardvale, paddle about 5 minutes upstream and a short portage to Pomps Pond in Andover. Enjoy a multitude of turtles.
Beautiful paddling day! Laurie, Alice, and Barbara put in at Knights of Columbus, Tewksbury and paddled upstream through the inundated marsh aiming for the Whipple launch. Fast moving water, high water, beautiful skies, budding maples, joyful meandering. At a downed tree near Whipple, we came back downstream past the KOC [ Read More ]
Night falls. I wait, huddled with others. Will the leatherback come forth from the sea? 1400 pounds of love repeating a life cycle. Hours pass, stars shimmer. A vague figure appears in the water. At last she makes her presence. Slowly, slowly La Tortuga lumbers up the beach. Imagine her [ Read More ]
Alice and Barbara had a delightful paddle from the Horn Bridge yesterday. There’s one obstruction closer to Dale St but we were able to get through it by bending as much as possible in our kayaks. If the river had been 2 inches higher, we couldn’t have gotten through. Next [ Read More ]
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It is very important that you are aware that this is a very old map. Due to changing conditions some of the River access points are either dangerous or no longer existent. Use caution when planning your trip. Remember river conditions not only change from year to year but also [ Read More ]