Paddling at the Pump House is great for getting some low water paddling!
You are asked to pay $5.00/day to ORR or get a ORR membership. They are responsible for the course and safety of it.
During Pump House shutdown with low water running, somebody tried to create a new wave by taking stones from the embankment. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM DOING SO!!!
Explanation from ORR administration:
"Finally, unidentified paddlers piled up some rocks from the embankments to create a new wave around the middle of the pumphouse course when the water was off earlier this week. A few points need to be emphasized. The club was fined $11,000 several years ago for displacing rock from the embankments. So please if you see someone moving rocks off the embankment, ask them politely to stop. Use of this site is a privilege which we can lose. In creating the new wave, an eddy was lost and an attainment was made more difficult. Furthermore the rock will not stay in place. There is a reason that all of our obstacles are built with reinforced MTO grade concrete. There is a scheduled dewatering of the tailrace this Tuesday and Thursday. If the persons responsible could replace the rock on the embankment during this dewatering, it would be much appreciated.
Douglas Corkery"
Jacques