Sturgeon,

CR766 to Hwy.65 (3.4 miles)

Usual Difficulty	II-III (may vary with level)
Length	3.4 Miles
Avg. Gradient	16 fpm
Max Gradient	40 fpm

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
STURGEON RIVER NEAR CHISHOLM, MN
usgs-05130500	300 - 2000 cfs	II-III	01h16m	cfs

River Description

The Sturgeon is a rather narrow, almost creek-like river, generally shallow with mostly small rocks. Since this is a smaller river, expect a fair amount of sweepers or stainers, and be aware that most eddies will be fairly small. Its pretty much pool-drop, with relatively short pools in the early going.

While the bulk of the gradient is in the first mile of this run, good current and minor rapids will be found throughout the run, save for about a half-mile around the confluence with the East Branch.

Downstream of the recommended take-out, the topo maps show a little bit of continued gradient, and appear to show the river passing through about a half-mile of fairly steep-walled (about 50' high) 'canyon'. Unfortunately, the gradient quickly dies down, and the next access point is about 3 miles downriver, thus (for whitewater boaters, intent on the best 'play') it is probably not worthwhlie proceding beyond the recommended take-out as listed here.