Mad River Whitewater - Creemore to Glencairn 14 km river, 90 min from Toronto

Submitted by HuetonAndy on
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Whitewater

After a couple of years break, from my favorite river, the MAD River (near Creemore Ont) , cleaned itself up in the rains of early April 2023, and a group of WCA members ran the fourteen kilometers of fast moving whitewater fun (the river at that time of year rarely slows down) from Creemore to Glencairn

Please bring canoes that can handle hitting a few rocks (not your fancy kevlar or carbon fiber boats please) . I would prefer no Pac boats (gunnels too low) If Pac boat is s is all you have, please contact me before booking

The Basics
Event Location

Meeting Place - Riverside Dr and County Road 9 in Creemore Ontario

Date(s) & Time
Event Duration
one day (five to six hours on water)
Difficulty Rating
Intermediate
Registration Cut Off
Thursday at noon (last minute can be done but please be reasonable)
Participant Info
Who's Invited
WCA members and friends of members
Maximum Group Size
6 boats
Minimum Group Size
2 boats
Itinerary
Itinerary description

Meet at Riverside Drive / County 9 in Creemore at 10am. Drop boats and gear. Shuttle as many cars as we can to Glencairn Conservation Area on Webster Road in Glencairn. Lunch will be on the river shore at Carruthers Memorial Conservation Area (parking fee applies ) (just upstream from where the MAD River flows under Airport Road) . From here the river slows down a bit until our take out at Glencairn Conservation Area.

Required Items to Bring

Lunch, PDF, paddles, canoe (leader will help pair people up) , wetsuit, or drysuit, change of clothes, helmet (please if you have one) payment for take out parking at Glencairn Conservation Area) . Rescue throw bag. Ten foot Painters front and back on canoe. Closed toe shoes. no flip flops

Recommended Items to Bring

change of clothes in car for after. A dry bag of a few spare clothes for on the water, an extra sweater for lunch. , sun hat if not wearing helmet.

How to Get There
Event Directions

From Barrie: Take County road 90 (Dunlop ST exit off hwy 400) to Angus. Turn right on County Road 10 (just after Yellow NO FRILLS building) . Continue on County Road 10 to County Road 9 (for New Lowell and Creemore). Drive through New Lowell, continue through Creemore to Riverside Drive. Riverside Drive is about 1.5 km past the Fire Station which will be on your left as you leave Creemore. Turn right on River side Drive to Put In, about half a kilometer north..

From western Toronto, drive up hwy 410 to hwy 89, right on hwy 89 to Airport Road and turn run left at Cashtown Corners to Riverside Drive. The Creemore RFire Station is at 7655 County Road 9 in Creemore Ontario, which one minute east of the Riverside Drive put in.

Carpool Info

Please drop the day leader an email as soon as you know you want to come, so that people with cars and canoes can be paired with those that need a seat.

Other
Notes

If you want to come, please click the Signup button on the Outings page and also drop an email to the organizer. Please sent me a note telling me your experience in canoes, your experience on rivers and larger creeks , what other WW trips you have done, what WW training you may have had in the past. I will in turn send you an email telling you a bit about my WW background. I won't take a bunch of WW newbies out on a river they don't know in cold, fast flowing spring conditions. I trust that by signing up, you are telling me that you have river skills suitable for navigating a narrow

Cancellation Policy
Yes you could, but please be sure youu can come, please don't cancel

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