Topic: TR: Small Deschesnes wave/hole is in (not for too long however)

[Karl]

The wave is pretty small right now and it looks kind of shallow.

[LouisD]

The big pin looks like the axle of a door of some sort.
Maybe a derivation.

The Britannia gauge is down to 3.54, how is that translating to that play spot?...

LD

[ChristianG]

Hey... Forgot to mention that. See photos. It's in an eddy, so you don't hit it very hard if you do (I did...). If anyone can figure out what part of a valve or whatever that is, let me know...

The river is only down 10 cm since we went there (May 25), so it should be good for a little while.

--Christian

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[CRS]

Just a quick note for anyone heading to Deschenes (at least the shoreside chanel) at the bottom of the wall where you would take out (after missing the eddies there is a large steel pipe on river left  The best bet for missing it is to head straight through and eddy out about 30 feet past the end of the wall (ie don't try to catch the top top part of the eddy after the end of the wall).

 

[ChristianG]

Hi all.

Sunday, Ivan and I decided to try the wave that's in between the two walls closest to shore at the Deschesne ruins:

http://cityofottawawhitewater.blogspot.com/2007/04/deschenes-rapids-mediumhigh-water.html

Inspected it last year at low water (see photo, the wave forms in the middle of the view): definitely nothing at the bottom of this channel: no rocks or man-made stuff. So a completely safe spot to play in.

Only three of us there, including another CdB member, Carl. Water is deep (for now), wave is fun and easy to catch, but the eddies on either sides are QUITE small. If you miss, you need to go down 25 m, get out and go back up on foot. So it can be a bit tiring, but it's so close. A good park'n'play spot, you walk less than 100 m on a bike path to the put-in. The put-in is above the end of the concrete wall, easy to find. Parking at the corner of Martel and Rosenes streets.

As the water level is going down, it will turn into a small hole with more manageable eddies. My guess: this weekend might be the end of it, so if you want to try it, it's time now. Cheers!

-Christian



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