Carrying Place Stream - 2 miles up to Wyman Lake


Carrying Place Stream, Maine, US

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2 miles up to Wyman Lake

Usual Difficulty V (for normal flows)
Length 2.3 Miles
Avg. Gradient 145 fpm

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Photo of Dave Nesmith by Dan Holzman taken 05/30/05 @ Low



River Description

Source: Greg and Sue Hanlon's Steep Creeks of New England, which has more info on this run.

Directions: From Skowhegan, take Rte. 201 North to Bingham. Turn left onto Rte. 16 West. Just after crossing the Kennebec River, take your first right. Continue along the river-right bank of the Kennebec to Wyman Lake. The road turns West away from the lake. Take the first right, just after crossing Houston Brook, upstream of Houston Falls, and follow along the West shore of the lake. As the road turns away from the lake, it follows the river-right bank of Carrying Place Stream. Put in at the first bridge across the main stream.
To takeout: follow the logging road back to a sandpit where the stream enters the lake.


Colin McGovern shared
on 10-13-06:
WARNING!!! For those of you who know the river, as of 10/12/06, the snowmobile bridge just above the big drop has collapsed and is now a river-wide strainer. It's a nasty mess of logs and iron cable. The collapse itself is not visible from the pool just above the rapid, but you can see the remains of the top of the bridge, so just beware... Walk this one! ALSO Below the big drop, where the river turns into a tight boogie section, there are quite a few trees down. The FIRST section of that boogie section is good, BUT you've got to catch the first eddy you can on river right. There's a nice strainer just around the bend, so you may want to take a peak. Other than all that, we had a killer run at a mediium/high flow and would love to get back in there soon. Safe Paddlin - Colin

StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2010-08-08 12:49:58

Get-in

Detail Trip Report  Get-in  @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake, (74.67KB .jpeg)

Slide

Detail Trip Report  Slide  @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake, ME(75.09KB .jpeg)

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Detail Trip Report    @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake, ME(42.82KB .jpeg)

Big Slide

Detail Trip Report  Big Slide  Carrying Place Stream, ME(632.04KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

No gage. Runnable after heavy rains. Look at the last rapid for an indication; if there's enough water here, there's enough upstream.
For a remote indicator, check the Piscataquis gage.

Report - Reports of Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
1y114d04h54m @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake [ME] Account of 11/01/10 0 cfs Josh Geib
1y114d04h54m @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake [ME] Slide 0 cfs Josh Geib
1y114d04h54m @Carrying Place Stream 2 miles up to Wyman Lake Get-in 0 cfs Josh Geib
6y257d12h25m Carrying Place Stream [ME] Big Slide Low Daniel Holzman

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 2 miles up to Wyman Lake, Carrying Place Stream Maine, US (mobile)