Clear your schedule for Sunday, Sept. 7, to join a paddle trip on the Merrimack River hosted by Five Rivers Conservation Trust, Merrimack County Savings Bank and Quickwater Canoe & Kayak.
Starting at 11 a.m. through noon, boaters can launch their boat at the Merrimack County Farm in Boscawen for a 10-mile paddle down the Merrimack to the Quickwater location, on Hannah Dustin Drive at the Canterbury/Concord town line. The trip should take three to four hours of paddling. Refreshments will be available, but all participants should bring plenty of water and snacks for the trip.
Participants can bring their own boat or rent one, as well as life jackets, paddles, and other materials, from Quickwater (quickwatercanoe.com). Each paddler is responsible for making their own arrangements for a boat. Quickwater will provide a free shuttle to transport participants back to their cars at the end of the day, making logistics for this trip simple.
To pre-register for the paddle, send an email to Julie Pifer at jpifer@5rct.org or call 225-7225. The trip is free, but contributions to Five Rivers at the check-in will be gratefully accepted.
Five Rivers Conservation Trust, headquartered in Concord, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting open space across the heartland of central New Hampshire. This beautiful rolling landscape is drained by five waterways that converge in the Concord area – the Merrimack, Contoocook, Blackwater, Warner, and Soucook rivers. It is a region of picturesque country villages and a delightful mix of fields and forests, farms and wetlands, and other special places. Five Rivers is an active land trust conserving special places for future generations in 16 central N.H. towns.
For more information, visit 5rct.org, or call Beth McGuinn at 225-7225.
