Mead Rd to Lake Superior (near Celotex plant in L'Anse) (2 miles)Class III-IV+
2 Miles
Avg Gradient 155 fpm
Max Gradient 175 fpm
Powerhouse Falls
Powerhouse Falls Photo by Jesse Becker taken 4/1/06 @ Medium/high Gauge Information
River DescriptionThe Falls is one of the classic South Shore creek runs and is aptly named as most of the drops are of a ledge type. This run is a good intro to South Shore boating as it is located along the outskirts of L'Anse and is about as forgiving as a stream with this gradient can be.
Click here for a large pdf article (872k) from the AW Journal, way back in 1981! (You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader for pdf format items.) The article describes the following: Upper Presque Isle, Falls, (this river/reach) and Wisconsin's StreamTeam Status: verified
Last Updated: 2008-04-22 15:50:02
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Visual at Hwy 41 bridge in L'Anse.
There was a metal plate gauge on the cement bridge foundation (river right) but it has largely deteriorated. There has been some meager attempt to paint a boater's gauge here as well. However, generally, if there appears enough water to get through the ledges visible upstream of and under the bridge, the run will be fine.
*Referenced gauge is for the Silver, about 8 miles to the NorthEast. Correlation is not assured, but often the Falls is runnable when the Silver is, particularly when things are on the way up. The Falls is likely to lose its water (and therefore runnability) before the Silver, so this gauge is likely to give false 'positives' when things are on the way back down.
Boaters are encouraged to provide additional input and 'datapoints' to fine tune the correlation.
Silver River nr L'Anse, MI [ MI ] |
Current Conditions
Station Graphs |
| Level Legend: | Running | Below Minimum Recommended Flow | Above Maximum Recommended Flow | Unknown |
| State | River Name/Section | Class | Level | Rel. Level | Updated | |
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| MI | Falls— Mead Rd to Lake Superior (near Celotex plant in L'Anse) (2 miles) | III-IV+ | 6.34 ft* | low | 10/10 11:45 | |
| MI | Silver— A) 'Upper Silver': Silver Rd to Arvon Rd (2.3 miles) | III-V | 6.34 ft | low | 10/10 11:45 | |
| MI | Silver— B) 'Lower Silver': Arvon Rd to Silver Falls Park (4.2 miles) | III-IV+(V) | 22 cfs | low | 10/10 11:45 | |
| MI | Slate— A) 'Upper Slate': near Arvon quarry to Quartzite Falls (2.5 miles) | II-III+ | 6.34 ft * | low | 10/10 11:45 | |
| MI | Slate— B) 'Lower Slate': Silver Road to Skanee Road (2.7 miles) | III-IV(V) | 6.34 ft * | low | 10/10 11:45 |
| AW Gauge ID: | 6884 |
| USGS Station: | 04043150 |
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No guide books for this stream. If you know of a book that describes this stream please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. User Comments |
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2007-10-10 05:44:12 (366 days ago)
Rob Smage
(As posted to BSBS message board by Craig Smerda 2007.10.08)
"the tree that you used to be able to sneak under on the right side well before "big-mo-?" (10ft?'er) has dropped into the river further and it is now it mandatory to get out and carry around it. Do NOT attempt to go under it any longer. Get out on the river left side and carry around it... there is a decent trail already there. Lastly... on this run... when in doubt... for the most part... stay river left. A kayaker pinned his boat below the car and train bridges on the river right side under a tree. Fortunately he was able to stablize himself and safely climb out."
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