Little Beaver Creek

My husband and I canoed Beaver Creek when the USGS gauge was about 1600 cfs. We are novice/intermediate paddlers using a 16' Old Town Penobscot canoe. We put in first at Lisbon about 1/4 mile from the Rt. 30 bridge below Willow Grove Park (beware lowhead dam in park) --east side of Lisbon. Very swift water calling for quick judgment to avoid small hazards. One very low bridge about mid-town, had to bend over to go under. Waterway would be impassable at higher levels because of this. One downed tree across entire creek west of town. Another downed tree east of Lusk Lock. Ended at State Park.
Put in a second time (same day) at Fredricktown. Menacing waves for the less experienced as we went under the Fredricktown bridge. We were not able to stay upright for Eagle Rapids and tipped. Swift water, took ten minutes to reach shore. Remainder of the trip to the Ohio River was fast, but no mishaps. At this water level, a person definitely needs to be able to read/ judge the rapids on this last section of the river.