People of the Stony Country
A video by Gregory Fanarisios
Primitive Kayak Camping and Canoeing on the Delaware River
Day 1
Thursday, July 28
Average to low water levels
10:00am - Milford Beach, PA
11:50am - Namanock Island
Lunch, (4 miles from MB)
4:00pm - Mill Creek, PA
Potential campsites #35 (13 miles from MB)
Day 2
10:00am - Mill Creek, PA
11:30am - Bushkill Access, PA
Water Refill, (5 miles from MC, 18 miles from MB)
12:30pm - Peters, NJ
Potential campsites #56-68 (6 miles from MC,
19 miles from MB)
Day 3
11:00am - Rivers Bend, PA
2:00pm - Smithfield Beach
(7 miles from RB, 28 miles from MB)
General Rules
Wear your life jacket while paddling.
No Littering (pack it in, pack it out).
Please avoid glass items.
Cooler space is limited to 8 liters per person.
Required Gear
Water @ 1-gallon minimum
Shoes for paddling, shoes for camp
Sunblock, bug spray
Headlamp
Sleeping bag
Rapids and Obstructions
Map 1
245.0 Groundhogs/Brinks Rift (class 1)
242.7 Minor riffles near Namanock Island, pass island on right
240.3 Adams Creek enters PA side, minor riffles
Map 2
237.3 A series of minor riffles, watch for submerged rocks
235.4 Hornbeck Creek enters on PA side, easy riffles, stay left
234.9 Shapanack Island, pass island on left,
watch for submerged rocks (class 1)
234.4 End of Shapanack Island, small riffles
233.9 Easy riffle over shallows
233.6 Spackmans creek enters PA side, clear channel on the NJ side (class 1)
Map 3
231.1 Buck Bar Island, stay left, narrow but deeper
230.6 Fiddlers Elbow Rift, (class 1+) stay right until bend and then move left
229.1 Long easy riffle, watch for submerged rocks
228.0 Creek enters on PA side (class 1)
225.8 Fast water, watch for submerged boulders
224.5 Mary and Sambo Rift (class 1+), three sets of increasingly hard rapids,
considerable navigation is required, no clear channel
223.9 End of rift, large 2 foot waves and large boulders
Map 4
222.0 Depew Island, stay right (class 1), avoid being pushed toward PA shore,
large waves
221.6 Van Camp’s Nose, large exposed boulder, photo opportunity
221.4 End of Depew Island (class 1)
220.5 Poxono Island, stay right, strong swift current
220.0 Shoemakers Eddy, watch for motorboats
219.7 Gravel Bar, right side of the river, stay left.
Food
Personal meals - everyone brings their own.
3 lunches, 2 breakfasts, snacks, snacks, snacks
Group meals for Dinners - Host has purchased already
Thursday Dinner - BBQ (Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Corn on the Cob, Mac and Cheese, Peach Cobbler)
Friday Dinner - Southwestern (Tacos, Rice, Beans)
Food packing ideas
Breakfast: Oatmeal, coffee, fruit, bacon, yogurt
Lunch: Tuna, hard cheese, bread, peanut butter, crackers, hummus
Snacks: Jerky, nuts, chips, candy, granola, pretzels, sardines, dried fruit



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