Canoeing the White River,
Wisconsin
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Expert paddler Mike Svob
has been canoeing and kayaking the rivers of the Midwest for 30 years.
He paddled more than a thousand miles to complete these books. Below
are brief descriptions of the canoe trips that Mike goes into detail
with in his books with maps. The maps are very useful, showing rapids,
take in and take out points and other things of interest. |
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White-Maple
Ridge Road to Hwy. 112-Bayfield County-13
miles. This is a wonderfully isolated,
winding river with miles of riffles
and Class I-II rapids. Water levels
are dangerous when high.. Put in east
of the village of Mason at the Maple
Ridge bridge upstream left.9 1.1 miles
from Hwy. 63) The river brgins quite
narrow and winding. There will be
a long series of riffles and Class
I rapids, continuing for several miles.
Tall clay banks, some as high as 90
feet appear frequently. After that
you will come upon several miles of
flatwater with an ocasional riffle
or rapids. Then the gradient increases
and Class I-II rapids resume becoming
more difficult. From the midpoint
of the trip on gravel bars are fairly
common.As you approach Hwy. 112 the
rapids become slower and finally disappear
as the river widens into the flowage.
Take out on the left side of the dam
at the Northern States Power Co. canoe
landing.
