Creeking on the Humber River

Submitted by EberlyMathew on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 16:39

Whitewater

Between Bolton and Weston, where rains brought by Hurricane Hazel washed away 14 homes in October 1954, the Humber River is now carefully flood controlled by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. Though this stretch is completely open and accessible, the two dam projects along its length have successfully reduced the river to mainly a fast flowing stream. Successful passage requires the highest water levels, but this means several hours of nearly uninterrupted swifts and rock gardens with no actual classified rapids.

There are a couple of short portages around the old mill dam, cataract, and diversion project in the original Bolton village. After this there are no other man made obstacles for the duration, and it is 27 kilometres to Kleinburg.

Last years run took 6 hours including an hour on shore for lunch. The GPS track looks like a set of mountain switchbacks, so this will be a great opportunity to practice your turns.

If you don't mind, I would like to try the website functionality for this outing. Please sign up electronically.

The Basics

Event Location:

Bolton to Kleinburg

Date(s) & Time:

Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 09:00

Registration Cut Off:

N/A

Event Duration:

Roughly 6 hours on the river.

Difficulty Rating:

Novice

Participant Info

Who's Invited:

Everyone!

Maximum Group Size:

6 boats

Minimum Group Size:

Just Ginger and I

Itinerary

Itinerary description:

We will meet at the put-in (Dicks Dam Park, Bolton) for 9am and shuttle to the take-out which is nearby. The boats should be back on the cars and headed home for dinner by 4:30pm.

Required Items to Bring:

Bag lunch.
Dry change of clothes.
Water shoes, there is some wading.