Seneca Creek

I've run Seneca Creek twice this summer with several Canoe Cruiser's Assn, leaders and SCSP staff to assess the strainer situation report the following as of late August. The Creek is mostly open with a few easy drag arounds/ drag overs, and a few duck unders/tight squeezes, but beware of the following: A massive, newly downed scycamore slipped off the bank earlier this year, and it's river-right root ball may collect wood. The tree blocks enough of the creek that the river-right banks got carved out during the last high water event so that logs clogging its channel got washed out as of late August. If more collect there (about two miles below Rt. 28), the best portage is on river-left, with fairly easy egress and reentry. Below there, about a mile above the Berryville Rd. access point, a new, river-wide strainer presents a more serious challenge, given the steep banks and its propensity to pile up any wood that floats into it. At the 80 or so CFS we had, we were able to hump and over some of the wood, then swim our boats through the rest of the pile. No problems below.

With more high water coming from Hurricane Florence, the situation will likely change in mid Sept. I'll try to post an update an photos later this month. Meanwhile see the CCA Facebook page for phots from our last trip.