Clinch, Virginia, US
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St. Paul to Dungannon
| Usual Difficulty |
II (for normal flows) |
| Length |
18 Miles |
Gauge Information
River Description
Long easy trip for some fun in a canoe or a playboat when it is in flood.
Some waves and holes here and there, but mainly flat moving water except for the still hole at
Millers Yard after the Guest and Little Stony confluences with the Clinch.
If you paddle from St Paul, you can stop at the first major tributary on RR and a short distance
upstream is a nice waterfall. But don't drag the boats, it is unrunnable. Unless you're stoopid.
This falls lands on rocks and in a 12" deep pool. Not going to happen, don't care who you are.
Makes for a good photo tho.
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Last Updated: 2007-02-07 13:58:28
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User Comments
approximately 1/2 mile upstream of the Carfax takeout. When the railroad tracks go into a tunnel on
river left, look for a rock garden and what appears to be a minor rapid. This is actually a very
dangerous area, with undercut rocks on center-right and center-left. The river divides into three
channels, none of which are passable except at high water. The river right channel funnels under a
nasty overhanging rock. What appears to be a center right channel from upstream actually doesn't go
through; most of the water flows under the big rock on center left. The center left channel, to the
left of the large rock, loses its water halfway through the drop, creating pin hazards. If you are
unlucky enough to get caught in the middle of the river, be particularly careful with the large
center rock, which has large volumes of water flowing directly under it. I recommend portaging on
the right; there is no safe passage at normal water levels. This is the only hazard on this stretch
of river except for some occasional wood. Zack Fields
hehe.................................................... This spot is not as bad as listed. Ran the
river last thursday at around 1200 cfs. River right is good and takes you away from any undercuts.
The rock in the center is the only one that really has the potential for danger. A hole forms on
the right of the rock and the water pours back over toward the undercut. But far right is good. Edit
rapid with obvious undercuts is not the ledge at the Rt. 58 bridge, it is the last drop before
Carfax. You can recognize the entrance because there are several boulders in the middle of the
river before the drop. Edit
way possible that the spot you speak of is 1/2 mile up stream of the Carbo takeout. Because St.
Paul is 7 miles from Carbo. I think you meant the major rapid IS at the 58 Bridge AT St. Paul Edit
in St Paul. The snag is in the center-left portion of the main chute in the middle of the river.
The snag is not visible from upriver until you are entering the rapid. I saw this snag during the
last week of May 2008, could not tell how extensive it is because only a little of it poked above
water. Zack Fields Edit