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Missisquoi #1
Saturday September 9th, 2017Organizer: Broken turbine
Predominantly: int-adv WW
Water Level: low boatable
Author: Mike M
Estimated cfs: 1000
Kayakers (K1): Various persons
Rain in early September brought levels back up and just a week after Beaverfest I was thinking about a Missisquoi release. As it turned out, Enel had to take a turbine off-line for repair, dumping an extra 800 cfs into the river and making for a very fun Saturday.
We had a modest level of around 1000 cfs ... lowish but still fun. Per standard Missisquoi protocol, we did laps as a big group (numbering at least 10 people), and were pleasantly surprised to see a couple Quebec friends show up too. I don't remember how many laps we did... I think four as a group then Noah and I finished up with two more.
Most excitingly, I found a great new line through bottom of the S-Turn rapid that is really quite unique and amusing... in a good way! Don't be fooled by the run only being a mile long... there is a lot to do here.