wellandport

Aug

2019

More Wellandport Kayaking

There aren't that many places to drop in the rivers around here. Google maps helped me with this one. There is a little park on the east end of Wellandport, just to the left of the Library when you are facing south. Follow the road to the loop at the end, not very far at all. Generally, it is not busy there and there is parking with an easy spot to put in your kayaks. A couple of weeks ago my brother in law and I went upstream about 4 km so this time Yvonne and I tried the downstream stretch. I wouldn't have tried this in the Spring when there was so much rain as this river was really moving then and I don't like coming back upstream. Something to think about when you are planning a trip.

The river is really quiet right now and quite muddy. We went in the evening - started about 6:30 PM and got back just after 8. We didn't want to be coming upstream in the dark. Might miss our exit! Sun was low which was nice as it had been a very hot day. Chatting with a fisherman on the edge of his property who told us that we could take a side route a little up on the left and on into Wellandport. But we found the river too low presently to traverse it there. So, did an easy one down the lazy river about 2 km then back. No bugs as it is late enough in the season. Pretty quiet in spite being near the road in parts. When it is a bit cooler we'll start early enough that we can go further.

Here is a few second video. You can see how muddy the water is.

Jul

2019

Kayaking Welland River

Peter and I went out on the Welland River last evening for about 2 hours. There are not that many places to put in a boat along there but a few weeks ago on a drive-a-bout Yvonne and I found the perfect spot near the Wellandport Community Center/Library just outside of Wellandport.

If you are coming west along Highway 20, just past Fonthill go south on Canborough Road. About half a mile before you get to Wellandport on the left hand side of the road (south side) is the Community Center. To the right (west) side of that is a gravel road/lane that goes back along the park. Follow that to the river. There is a loop there with parking. And a small spot to put in boats.

We put the kayaks in about 6 PM - it was still very hot for the first hour. We went up the river for about an hour - did just over 4 km going up the river. Wind and current coming toward us. Coming back was nicer as the sun was lower and there was some shade. And it was a lot easier as we weren’t fighting the current.

It was a very pleasant evening. There were some houses in the town that back onto the river and we got some friendly waves. And we got to watch a bunch of kids working on getting a pontoon boat unstuck. It had been parked at their dock when the river was about a foot higher it looked like. They were using boards to lever it out. I didn’t think they would be successful but about 25 minutes later they were cruising along behind us.

Generally a nice quiet evening. Total a little over 8 kilometres.

Kayaking near Wellandport - Niagara Region

Wellandport Kayaking