Confluence with Sturgeon River

This is the end (mouth) of the Rock River, and the end of the gradient on this run. Just upstream from the confluence there is a small bridge across the river. At medium to high flows this will be a challenge to get under. Be careful; it comes up quick. You may need to land and portage. Try river right.

From here, you normally have three miles of pretty much dead flat paddle out to the usual take-out. Directly across the Sturgeon River from the mouth of the Rock River, there is a house. It may be possible to (and one time we were there, we did encounter the property owner, who volunteered that we could) take out at that property to skip the long paddle-out. However, finding the right back roads to get to that property is not easy, and (if I recall) there is a gate (well back from the property) which will be closed anytime the property owner is not present. Thus, I would not count on using that access to eliminate the flat water paddle.