Joe Pylka was looking for a 4 day class I paddle trip in PA or MD with good scenery and isolation. Sorry, Joe -- I dont think you are going to find such a place, at least not with Class I water. Isolated rivers in this part of the world tend not to be flatwater and flatwater rivers (and lakes) tend ro have lots of vacation home development on them. Personally, even for a 4 day trip, I would drive a bit and go to the Adirondacks in N. New York. Parts of the Racquette, or the upper Oswegatchie would fill your requirements, though even on the Racquette you cant go four days without seeing a lot of houses. The Upper Oswegatchie could be done as a leisurely four day trip, either one way with the long portage from Low's Lake, or round trip from Inlet with a bit of upstream paddling. Or, go further North to Ontario -- lots of isolated rivers up there, especially in Algonquin Provincial Park. Also, you might look into Allegheny State Park in NY State, on the border with Pennsylvania. There is flat water in there, and I think I remember hearing that the Allegheny Gorge has good scenery, but I dont know how isolated it is. --Karl Coplan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
There are places, if some riffles are acceptable. I wrote to Joe off line and suggested the West Branch of the Susquehanna as well as a couple other possibilities. I think the West Branch is in line with what he is looking for. We did about 80 miles starting at Shawville some years ago. It was a very nice trip with flatwater and easy riffles, great campsites, little civilization, and lots of wildlife. There were no fish in the main river, but some of the side creeks had native trout. The locals said that the water quality was improving due to efforts to neutralize the acid runoff, but that there were not yet fish in the river. That was maybe 20 years ago so I do not know if it is still the case. There are also possibilities on the Potomac, both above and below DC. There is more developement there though. I suspect that there are other sections on the Susquehanna and maybe some on the Lehigh and the Delaware. I am pretty sure that NJ, VA and WV offer some possibilities that he might like, as well. Pete "Coplan, Karl" <KCoplan_at_law.pace.edu> wrote: Joe Pylka was looking for a 4 day class I paddle trip in PA or MD with good scenery and isolation. Sorry, Joe -- I dont think you are going to find such a place, at least not with Class I water. Isolated rivers in this part of the world tend not to be flatwater and flatwater rivers (and lakes) tend ro have lots of vacation home development on them. Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> I wrote to Joe off line and suggested the West Branch of the Big Snips Somehow, the original post seems to have been (at least partially) attributed to Joe. But, the request came from me. Joe is innocent. If anyone is sending back channel info to Joe, please redirect those to me. I know that I'll appreciate it, and I suspect that Joe will as well. :-) Rick - Poquoson, VA rick.sylvia_at_ferguson.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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