Paulins Kill

the map information for this river is incorrect. the point marked take-out would actually be the put in. also the paulinskill river does not run through sparta, it in fact starts at a brook near memory park in newton, runs northeast flowing into a bigger brook ner the old limecrest mine and then west through a town called lafayette, continues west past ross' corner and turns south across the highway from the nj state fairgrounds and from there continues south and runs into the north end of paulinskill lake. your take-out, which would be the put in, is a few miles downriver of the damned south end of the lake. i've now paddled from olde lafayette village to paulinskill lake, whitewater is sporadic through the section i've paddled and dosent exceed class II. i paddled at high level and at that level after a log jam it's basically a seven to ten foot wide drag strip with 2 1/2 to 3 foot wave trains between the village and the park across the street from the fire house, speeding past the old washed out foot bridge was disconcerting; bonus points for catching the river left eddy at the end . the better 2 rapids can be found between the put in at the lafayette f.d. and rt. fifteen ,dispite the many log jams it's a worthwhile trip by itself. the first i call drop and struggle, basically it's an easy 1 to 2 foot drop to a rocky and wood cluttered riffle. the second i call surprise s, and it's an eight or nine feet tall twenty foot long s turn, very very fun!! between rt. five nineteen and the lake are two river wide riffles that are fun even at low levels, the first is right after a dam that is questionable even at high water due to the rocks at the bottom, scout first or portage at river left!!! this riffle includes an old bridge footing shortly after the dam giving you three choices, congrats if you make it river right in a rec boat, i couldn't. the second starts after a quarter mile pool that the first flows into. go right out of the pool as the left fork will take yo to an old unrunnable dam, this riffle is very straight forward and longer than the first. about a quarter mile after that is a very small drop which is the end of whitewater fun above paulinskill lake, the info i've provided is accurate, hope it can help. see ya on the river.