Catawba, |
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| Usual Difficulty | III (may vary with level) |
|---|---|
| Length | 2 Miles |
From Joemess on boatertalk (2-23-03):
A friend, my wife and I had a chance to run the Long section of the dewatered Catawba riverbed near Great falls. I do not know anybody that has ever ran this before and I figured with the rain we had there would be a chance it was running. When we got the the bridge above the put in, we could see just a little water starting to spill over the cofferdam. We set shuttle and headed off. One warning, the put in is on PRIVATE land. The takeout, however is on public land and can be accesessd at the Stumpy Pond Boat Ramp. For the first 3/4 mile or so there was not to much water and we did a fair amount of scraping over the rocks and did a lot of tree and dead wood dodging. After a set of islands where a creek empties into the riverbed it started to come alive. There were about 6 good rapids with many waves, wavetrains, and eddylines to goof on in between. I didn't see any huge waves to play on, but with the river 60-100 yards wide in places I am sure I could have missed them. Lots of fun. Took about 7 30 second movies and a few pics. The photos are here.
I uploaded one movie to American Whitewater but I am having no luck with the others. (is there a file size limit?) It can be seen at:
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/photos/?photoid=3454
This was one of the nastier rapids of the day. (mostly because there was wood sharing the ride down with me) If I can't get the others to load I will have to figure somewhere else to put them or just mail them to those that are curious.
Thanks to my Wife and Al who did this with me today. It was amazing.
Andrew
| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CatawbaGreat Falls [SC] |
OC-1 Great Falls
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n/a | boof or die | |
| Catawba [SC] |
One of many Rapids
|
? | Kevin Colburn | |
| Catawba [SC] |
Long Channel, heading downstream
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n/a | Kevin Colburn | |
| 3y225d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
Great Falls Diversion Dam
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n/a | Kevin Colburn |
| 5y30d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
3rd rapid on short channel
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n/a | Kevin Colburn |
| 5y31d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
2nd rapid on the short channel
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n/a | Kevin Colburn |
| 5y31d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
Great Falls with Water
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2800 | Kevin Colburn |
| 5y131d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
Great Falls Dewatered
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Minor Leakage | Kevin Colburn |
| 6y243d04h04m | Catawba [SC] |
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n/a | Andrew Lazenby |
| 6y274d04h04m | Catawba River [SC] |
Great Falls on the Catawba river in SC
|
??? | Andrew Lazenby |
No guide books for this stream. If you know of a book that describes this stream please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. River Alert
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successfully completed the flow study on both river sections. The quality of the whitewater and
playspots were impressive. We are currently in the middle of negotiations to determine the number
of opportunities to boat his section in the future. I look forward to continue to work with AW to
bring this section of the Catawba river back to life. Completion of this project is slated to
2007-2008.
Andrew Lazenby
being considereed for regular rleases.
between Rock Hill and Columbia S.C. This is a two mile section of old riverbed that has not had
water in it since the early 1900's on a regular basis. AW is trying to secure regular flows in the
channel for us to use.
With all ths rain we have had this last week, Great Falls is running as we speak.(according to duke
dude this afeternoon. It wasn't this morning) According to a Duke power contact there is at least 2
ft of water going over the Coffer dam and into the old Dewatered Riverbed. I am getting ready to
drive back down to look at it this afternoon and get some pictures of the Fishing creek Dam with 2
floodgates open. I have some photos I have taken inthe past when I have chanced upon it running and
ran the section and they can be viewed
http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/3934/
and
http://community.webshots.com/user/joemess
there are photos of it with no water and with water running in both channels. The titles to the
albums will say Great falls or dewatered. There are 3 or 4 and they should be on the first
page.
I will post an update in an hour or so after I get back to verify what the Duke person said. Ill
add details then.
Andrew