Also need to know if the campground is now closed.

No need to reply. I have now been there and even though it was a stream in the middle of a National Forest, the water quality was not very good.

Are you the guy I meet at Aldi’s the other day?

Thank you all for the info. I just wanted a short run while my wife was looking for small granite boulders with crystals and mica in the area. Any suggestions where to find those? Material supply companies here in the STL area have stuff labeled as Royal Gorge. I know that location but never looked for the granite mix there.

So the small parking area/overlook is gone?

There is great place to camp on the Oconto river called Bagley Rapids campground. For a small fee you can camp and play the rapids & ledges in a beautiful pine forest. The stretch is 3/4 miles long (II-III) and you will be located between the Wolf and Peshtigo. It is a good chaser after spending the day on one of the other premier runs and there…[Read more]

Thank you Chuck. You have always come through whenever I have inquired about any oddities such as Greer Spring branch, Shannon County shut-ins and so on. You truly are a River Zen Master.
And thanks to you George for the recent stream/land owner info. SYOTR

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Be advised that there have been several drownings at Rockford Beach on the Big. Cedar Hill and Morse Mill are excellent options when water levels are not too high.</p>

What a lucky stretch of river. It seems to be the only section that gets attention every year when there are many more miles that need to be addressed.

You should do the PnP at Bagley campground on the Oconto while you are in the area. It is worth it since the levels are really decent right now.

George, thank you for the info.

The Vermilion river is worthy of a road trip if you are camping in the area and hike the canyons of Starved Rock State Park in the same weekend. The river alone does not compare to the St Francis in terms of gradient and the number of rapids. However, it does have one rapid (Wildcat) that resembles something from the Big South Fork gorge in TN. It…[Read more]

Anyone know info about Cedar Creek near Caledonia?

If you want scenic class III-IV, the Green River Gorge was my favorite place to go when I was at Ft Lewis, WA back in the day.