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Mill Brook, Brownsville to Windsor
Thursday Apr 27, 2017
Participants:
Kayak: Allan Berggren, others
Organizer: Allan Berggren
Difficulty: int-adv WW
Level: low boatable
Gauge (ft): 3.76
Gauge (cfs): 700
USGS Gauge Name/Link: BLACK RIVER AT NORTH SPRINGFIELD, VT
Author: Allan Berggren
Caught Mill Brook at a minimal but manageable level. Starts with a 15 foot slide/falls, then a very pitchy 3-plus first quarter mile that evens out to long 2-plus staircases, with an overall 150 ft/mile descent into Windsor. No impassable trees. Lovely aquamarine (duh) water, interesting geological features, ferns, and moss. Obvious damage from Hurricane Irene: Washed out road, debris islands.
Runs only a few days per year, but well worth keeping an eye on for western NH, eastern VT paddlers.
[Also see this report from 6 years ago.]
