Topic: Who wants to paddle Valleyfield Saturday?

[Jim Swabey]

Please don't wait for me.  I live way out in the east end of Orleans and will meet you in Vallyfield.

Jim

[LouisD]

There is always water there.
Until the St-Lawrence dries up that is.

The St-Laurent is actually feeding that little river that goes through Valleyfield.

With the lower levels I suspect that the holes will have some "bite" to them.
2 surf waves at the bottom and a pool to practice rolling or recovery.
A couple of holes at the top for more action.
Lots of natural rocks forming plenty of eddies.
Plus a scary seal-launch into the jets feeding the river from the St-Lawrence.

[ChristianG]

Cool. So let's meet at my house at 9am. There's room for 1-2 cars to be left behind.--C.

[windowshade]

Since we are going eastward this time and I have to pick up Christian (I think), why not meet at Christian's place (He might have some parking in the back for people leaving their car). I believe it's 87 Goulburn avenue, off of Laurier East, in Sandy Hill. How about we meet at 9AM?

Here's a googlemap for those of you unfamiliar with the Sandy Hill Area.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=87+Goulburn+Avenue,+Ottawa,+Ontario&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=25.369388,56.162109&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=87+Goulburn+Ave,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario+K1N+8C9&ll=45.426181,-75.674622&spn=0,0.012746&z=16&layer=c&cbll=45.426284,-75.674724&panoid=XvpmUzVAU0zmiryG4ko_-Q&cbp=12,60.55,,0,18.51
Hope to see you all tomorrow!

Paul

[Chris E]

I fancy a go too.

[Jim Swabey]

Paul, i'm interested.

[ChristianG]

Is there water there? If so, how's the lineup for the features? Could be cool, but only if it's relatively empty--it's still a good drive! --C.

[windowshade]

Link to Valleyfield:
http://www.kayakvalleyfield.org/Parc-d%27eau-vive.html

How to get there:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=100+Boteler+Street,+Ottawa,+Ontario&daddr=50+Rue+Dufferin,+Salaberry-de-Valleyfield,+QC+J6S+1Y3&geocode=FXBGtQIdbfV8-ylj3gKI5ATOTDH_oyLhg_7xgg%3BFbWksgIdOt6U-ylLOmWBME7JTDEcKXAvCdVwVg&hl=fr&mra=ls&sll=45.262895,-74.1308&sspn=0.003134,0.006856&ie=UTF8&z=9

Bill says it's actually way faster to get there as googlemap assumes you are driving at 70km/h...

Looks like it is a 300 meter section of artificial white water slalom course (Class 1 to 3) with many nice sufable waves and holes (With parking right beside a shopping center looking down on the course).

Heres a link to see some pictures: (Go to bottom of the page for pics!)

http://worldkayakblogs.com/throwdown/2010/06/13/seaway-valley-1st-throwdown-of-the-year-awesome/


Let me know!

Paul