Brunsweiler, Wisconsin, US

B) Beaverdam Lake to Hwy.13 (10.3 miles)

2nd rapid

2nd rapid
Photo of 2nd rapid by Bryan Foster taken 09/26/10 @ 11.00 ft

Gauge Information

Name	Range	Difficulty	Updated	Level
Brunsweiler
virtual-11128	100 - 400 cfs	I(II)	00h28m	~ 0 cfs (rc= -1.0 )
	Most likely too low to bother. We could use your input! Report correlations of virtual gauge to measure-down readings at Springbrook Road. Virtual gauge (based on Bad River) is very imprecise, and only an indicator of water in the area. Flow in this reach must be confirmed by on-site inspection.

River Description

Though difficult to catch "up", the Brunsweiler is truly one of the gems of Wisconsin's South Shore rivers. Access at the listed put-in may be problematic. The only road into Mineral Lake is private, and may be gated. If you are able to get in (and get permission to launch from there), you will have to paddle across the lake (if it is not iced over) or walk around a bay to get to the dam and the river downstream. For this reason, it is entirely likely most folks will use one of the alternate put-ins. We list the lake/dam as the put-in for this section in order to have 'completeness' in our descriptions of the whitewater on this river, for those who may be interested in trying to deal with the access issues in order to see these seldom-run drops.

From below the dam (the listed put-in) the river takes off at a fast clip downhill. When rock walls begin closing in, get out and scout on the right, there's an intersting small vertical falls (about 6'-8') just downstream. The run-out below this falls is somewhat congested and tends to collect wood. The river deflects off a cliff face below, the heads into another drop cascading about 8'. From here to the Spring Brook Rd bridge are several busy boulder bed drops.

Spring Brook Road (FR189) is where most paddlers will access this run. From here, the river is still pretty much non-stop action with extended stretches of class II-III boulderbed interspersed by three major drops in the class III to IV range (depending on flows). The first of these is a bouldery cascade that sometimes collects wood, the second a fluming drop through a bedrock sluice and the third is a very entertaining, good sized slide sequence. Below the bigger drops the river continues to move at at fast clip though mostly class II. Be careful at a section of braided channel were the left hand channels have been known to have barbed wire strung across them.

Alternate put-in at Spring Brook Road avoids more difficult upper section. Alternate take-outs at Cemetary (Eades) Rd (4WD) or Hwy C to shorten the lower run.

The section from Beaver dam lake to Spring Brook Rd is often referred to as the "Upper Brunsweiler" and the section from Spring Brook Rd to HWY 13 is often called the "Lower Brunsweiler".

AW members may click here for Part 1 of an article from the AW Journal, way back in 1981!
AW members may click here for Part 2 of the article. <<-- This contains the write-up of the Brunsweiler.

In addition to this reach, the article also describes the following:

Michigan's
Upper Presque Isle,
Lower Presque Isle,
Middle Black,
Lower Black,
Upper Silver,
Lower Silver,
Falls, and
Rock,

and Wisconsin's
Montreal, W.Fk., and
Montreal Canyon.