Greenleaf Creek

Quick Facts:

Location: Approximately 9 miles ENE from downtown Kaukauna, WI or 16 miles SSW of Green Bay.
Shuttle Length: 1.5 miles.

Character: Tiny creek with bedrock river-bed. Expect plenty of strainers, sweepers, and dangerous conditions if you ever find enough water here to think about boating.

Put-in is approximately 830' elevation.
Take-out is approximately 690' elevation.
Thus total elevation change is approximately 140'.

General Overview

This is seriously small (~6.3 sq.mi. at listed put-in), and likely in the vein of 'stupid boater tricks'. This creek actually has no name that I can find. I call it 'Greenleaf Creek' only for its proximity to that area, and to have some name for this apparently unnamed tributary of the East River. As it passes out of open pasture, it passes powerlines and drops through a fence, and into a fairly heavily wooded area. It may be to your advantage to see if you can get permission (from the property owner at the end of Wobeck Lane) to park and put-in from their property. (It is not known how 'boater friendly' they might be.)

There is a full mile with around 115' of drop. Unfortunately, you can expect to have to deal with some major deadfall and snags. In fact, in the unlikely anyone attempts to boat this, they will probably find it easier at some point to just get out (after the best of the gradient) and walk the final 1/4-1/2 mile to the indicated take-out. However, at any boatable flow, it may be seriously difficult to find an eddy and exit the stream before being swept into a strainer. Advanced creek boating skills are essential for such a tiny creek. Streams this small require the utmost in caution! With enough water to be runnable, there will be virtually no eddies, and any strainer (trees or branches down in the water, blocking your route) or sweeper (bushes and branches low overhan

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