May 11, 2003 – Androscoggin River

Report ID#85504

2003-05-11
accident date
Ryan Corrigan
victim
21
victim age
Androscoggin River
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic, PFD Not Worn or Present
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Other, Inexperience
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

A run over a low-head dam on the Androscoggin River in Northern New Hampshire proved to be a fatal mistake on May 11th. According to an article in the Manchester, NH Union Leader, two out of a group of three kayakers elected to run a dam about a half-mile north of the junction of Routes 16 and 2 in Gorham. Neither man was wearing a life vest. Both men capsized at the bottom. One man made it ashore, but Ryan Corrigan, 21, disappeared. He was paddling a boat that he’d bought only two days earlier. http://tinyurl.com/avaqo