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Nesowadnehunk Stream, ME

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Little Niagara to Penobscot R.

Class V
3 Miles
Avg Gradient 155 fpm

Little Niagara


Little Niagara
Photo of Anna Staehli by Chris Hull taken 11-23-03



River Description

Source: Greg and Sue Hanlon's Steep Creeks of New England, which has more info on this run. Text used with permission.

Directions: From Millinocket, drive NW to Baxter State Park. Unfortunately, the roads are closed in the Spring. Guess when the Nesowadnehunk Stream usually runs! Sooooo...carry upstream from the confluence with the West Br. Penobscot. Bowater Company owns the road along the West Branch of the Penobscot (the Golden Road) and charges an access fee to enter this area. Park in the pulloff at Nesowadnehunk Falls and put in on the West Branch Penobscot. Paddle down to the confluence with the Nesowadnehunk Stream. Hike 2.5 miles upriver on the Appalachian Trail to an old dam site above Little Niagara Falls. Here's the putin.
Takeout: drive downstream from Nesowadnehunk Falls until the logging road joins the West Branch Penobscot at the Abol Deadwater. This is a convenient takeout.
If you're lucky enough to find the park roads open, enter the park at the Togue Pond Gate and bear left at the first fork. Follwo this road past Tracy Pond. Take a left toward the Daicey Pond Campground; put in along this road.

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Last Updated: 2001-08-29 06:20:47