Brunsweiler,

B) Beaverdam Lake to Hwy.13 (10.3 miles)

Usual Difficulty	II-III+(IV) (may vary with level)
Length	10.3 Miles
Avg. Gradient	56 fpm
Max Gradient	112 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
Brunsweiler
virtual-11128	100 - 400 cfs	II-III+(IV)	01h17m	12.1888 cfs (rc= -0.3 )

River Description

From below the dam at the put-in, the river takes off at a fast clip downhill. When rock walls begin closing in, get out and scout on the right, there's an intersting small vertical falls (about 6'-8') just downstream. The run-out below this falls is somewhat congested and tends to collect wood. The river deflects off a cliff face below here and heads into another cascading drop of about 8'. From here to the Spring Brook Rd bridge are several active boulder bed drops.

Below Spring Brook Rd, the river is still pretty much non-stop action with extended stretches of class II-III boulderbed interspersed by three major drops in the class III to IV range depending on flows. The first of these is a bouldery cascade that sometimes collects wood, the second a fluming drop through a bedrock sluice and the third is a good sized slide sequence; very entertaining. Below the bigger drops the river continues to move at at fast clip though mostly class II. Be careful at a section of braided channel were the left hand channels have been known to have barbed wire strung across them. Though difficult to catch "up", the Brunsweiler is truly one of the gems of Wisconsin's South Shore rivers.

Alternate put-in at Spring Brook Road avoids more difficult upper section. Alternate take-outs at Cemetary (Eades) Rd (4WD) or Hwy C to shorten the lower run.

The section from Beaver dam lake to Spring Brook Rd is often referred to as the "Upper Brunsweiler" and the section from Spring Brook Rd to HWY 13 is often called the "Lower Brunsweiler".

For additional description, see
Upper Midwest PaddleGuide

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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.)

In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:

Michigan's
Upper Presque Isle,
Lower Presque Isle,
Middle Black,
Lower Black,
Upper Silver,
Lower Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,

and Wisconsin's
Montreal, W.Fk., and
Montreal Canyon.

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