Presque Isle,
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B) Underwood Tower Rd to Steigers Bridge (7.5 miles)
| Usual Difficulty |
II-IV (may vary with level) |
| Length |
7.5 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient |
20 fpm |
| Max Gradient |
58 fpm |
Gauge Information
River Description
Reach includes Minnewawa Falls and Nimikon Falls.
Put-in: broken bridge on Underwood Tower Road
Take-out: Steigers Bridge on logging road
Note: Getting shuttle vehicles down to the listed take-out at Steigers Bridge may not be
available due to the logging road being closed (gated). This may necessitate continuing
downstream to run the Lower Presque. This makes a
long day, paddling a total of 15.7 miles (or 16.8 to the mouth, including the 'final mile' or
Bottom Presque
run).
Note: There is about 16 miles of low gradient river from the listed take-out of the prior (upper
section) to the put-in for this section.
AW members may click here for Part 1 of an article from the AW Journal, way back in 1981!
AW members may click here for Part 2 of the article.
In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:
Michigan's
Lower Presque
Isle,
Middle
Black,
Lower
Black,
Upper
Silver,
Lower
Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,
and Wisconsin's
Lower
Brunsweiler,
Montreal, W.Fk.,
and
Montreal Canyon.
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-11-23 11:40:30