Friday, August 19, 2005
2005-08-13, Northeast Creek, Jacksonville, N.C.
2005-08-13, Northeast Creek, Jacksonville, N.C.
Uppper left, L to R, Juila Miner from Oriental, Tom Fineco from NewBern, Marie Justen from Spooners Creek, Dale Weston from Jacksonville, Jim Stevens from New Bern.Upper Right, Bill Murray from Pine Knoll Shores, extreme left and Missy Tenhet from Oriental extreme right.Left, Dale getting ready to attack a group of blown down trees blocking our passage upstream.
We put in off of Regalwood Drive which is at the NE shoulder of the new bridge on Piney Green Road over Northeast Creek.We were able to drive right to the waters edge and this gave us excellent access and safe off road parking. It is a natural good access just as it is.
We hope the City of Jacksonville or Onslow County can accquire this spot for a permanent access to this new excellent Canoe Trail with take out at Northeast Creek City Park in Jacksonville.Our goal was to paddle upstream to Route 17 vicinty and hoped to find another access up there. We made it as far as the junction of Wolf Swamp and Northeast Creek. We encountered many obstructions similar to the above and Dale was able to cut through them with our chain saw. We all pushed and pulled the floaters and debris caught in the strainers At this point our time had run out and Dale was mighty tired.We turned around and "flew" back down the river . The volume and flow was execllent. The depth was over our heads in places.
We were all amazed and wondered how this river maintained such a good flow when most other creeks are so low they are not canoeable at this time.This river will make one our very best Canoe Trails when it is cleared of all obstructions. Can you give us any help JR? We did encounter two small beaver dams.
This week coming up. Wednesday, Freeman Creek if not "hot". If "hot" then Frenchs Creek. Saturday, Sugarloaf Island. Details later.
Uppper left, L to R, Juila Miner from Oriental, Tom Fineco from NewBern, Marie Justen from Spooners Creek, Dale Weston from Jacksonville, Jim Stevens from New Bern.Upper Right, Bill Murray from Pine Knoll Shores, extreme left and Missy Tenhet from Oriental extreme right.Left, Dale getting ready to attack a group of blown down trees blocking our passage upstream.
We put in off of Regalwood Drive which is at the NE shoulder of the new bridge on Piney Green Road over Northeast Creek.We were able to drive right to the waters edge and this gave us excellent access and safe off road parking. It is a natural good access just as it is.
We hope the City of Jacksonville or Onslow County can accquire this spot for a permanent access to this new excellent Canoe Trail with take out at Northeast Creek City Park in Jacksonville.Our goal was to paddle upstream to Route 17 vicinty and hoped to find another access up there. We made it as far as the junction of Wolf Swamp and Northeast Creek. We encountered many obstructions similar to the above and Dale was able to cut through them with our chain saw. We all pushed and pulled the floaters and debris caught in the strainers At this point our time had run out and Dale was mighty tired.We turned around and "flew" back down the river . The volume and flow was execllent. The depth was over our heads in places.
We were all amazed and wondered how this river maintained such a good flow when most other creeks are so low they are not canoeable at this time.This river will make one our very best Canoe Trails when it is cleared of all obstructions. Can you give us any help JR? We did encounter two small beaver dams.
This week coming up. Wednesday, Freeman Creek if not "hot". If "hot" then Frenchs Creek. Saturday, Sugarloaf Island. Details later.
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