Three Fork Creek

Last ledge. Can be seen from the shuttle road.

I did this creek on 3/31/2010 and the level was 4.1.

First note is that on maps Victoria is also referred as Fortney Mills by the locals.

I personally think this creek should be broken into two sections. The first section has two potential put-ins, either Three Fork Bridge or for a longer trip put -in where the road crosses Three Fork Creek almost to Rt 92 down to Victoria. This is class I-II. From Three Fork Bridge to Victoria took me about 1 hour at this level with steady, continuous paddling.

The next section should be from Victoria to the Bridge at CR7 which is west of the town of Independence. This is roughly class III-IV and is fairly continuous. I thought the level I paddled, 4.1 was the lowest I would do it. I will go back to this section again when there is more water. The section from Victoria to CR7 took about 1 hour also.

This is the first major drop on Three Fork Creek at a very low water level (I would say minimum). The gauge was reading 4.1 near Grafton when we put in. I would say this is a good minimum for fun with some scraping to be had. Look for 6-7+' for a really nice level. There was wood in the bridge on the approach earlier in the year, but it is gone now. I would say the most dangerous part of this rapid are the people partying here during warm weather months. Watch out for flying rocks and I wouldn't recommend parking here even though it seems to be a better put-in than Rt 92 for action. At higher levels the hole can get pretty mean. I would consider this a class III at lower levels and IV- when it's high. The best action starts here and continues down stream where it becomes pretty continuous boogie water with at a few pretty big ledges thrown in for fun. The water quality is not the best, but the scenery is mostly nice with the exception of a few broken down hunting trailers. Have fun and please be kind to the locals.