Accident Database

Report ID#67878

1998-06-15
accident date
Unknown
victim
0
victim age
Charles
river
Near Boston
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
High
water level
VI
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

I have some second hand information about two other canoe accidents that occurred in New England during the June high water. Someone apparently drowned after running a dam on the Charles River near Boson, MA.