Enjoy a paddle along the Grand River at its lowest point, before it empties into Lake Erie. We also explored a few of the side creeks.
You will find a good variety of caches from easy PNGs to hides a little more challenging to retrieve. While placing, we saw a good deal of wildlife, as well as a lot of larger boat traffic (be careful with this). All hides were placed by canoe, and intended for canoes and kayaks. This is the only way to legally access these hides. Small motor boats could retrieve some, but not all of these.
Be careful and paddle safe. We hope you have as much fun finding them as we did placing them!
River access information
There are a number of ways to access this area of the river and we did not include additional waypoints, but offer the following advice:
You can access the river in a number of locations. If you wish to put in upstream and paddle down stream, the best access is at a private launch bait and tackle shop. There is a fee (I think it was $5) for car top launch and you can leave a vehicle here. This is where we began. It is close to the archived cache GC2TBNQ and the best option to begin the caches. We paddled nearly 16km placing them, paddling only downstream, so you probably don't want to go both ways in one day!
There is also a restaurant on the other side of the river that offers more expensive fee per launch (located close to GC4KN3D . Other areas to launch include Wingfield Park in Dunnville GC2TBHP (which would require portaging around the dam, crossing at Byng Conservation area), or Byng Park (which would require entry to the park).
If you want to paddle both ways, you can park in Port Maitland on either side of the river, near GC3GNXA or GC2355D . The East side of the river is far less busy than the pier side on the west. Both sides offer free parking, and are a good take out point at the end.
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