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Welcome to South Carolina’s Black

After canoeing North Carolina’s Black River in July last year with Paul Ferguson and Bobby Simpson, I thought it couldn’t be matched for a southeastern river trip—until this July when I canoed South Carolina’s Black, an entirely separate stream.  My … Continue reading

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Georgia in June? The Flint

“GA in June?” Monroe asked when he heard I was packing for a canoe trip on the Flint River: “Sounds snakey and buggy.” He had emailed me an article about Montana’s Blackfoot River, knowing I used to run trips there, … Continue reading

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Turning Big Rivers into Little Ones: The Satilla

“Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for the canoe.”  Thoreau, 1857 When canoeing big Western rivers, such as the Colorado in the Grand Canyon, Idaho’s Salmon, Oregon’s Rogue, I watch rafters and kayakers head into … Continue reading

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