Canoe Trips

<body background="art/frosty.gif" text="#000080" link="#FF8000" vlink="#008080" alink="#00FF00"> <div align="center"><center> <table BORDER="0" WIDTH="640" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0"> <tr> <td VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="RIGHT" colspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9900" background="art/amd/amdback.jpg" height="63" width="628"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><font color="#FFFBDF" face="Arial" size="4"><b>SCOTT CONSERVANCY LAST ANNUAL <br> CHARTIERS CREEK CANOE SOJOURN JUNE 9-10, 2007</b></font></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td COLSPAN="3" height="21" width="628"><p ALIGN="center"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Annual" TARGET="bulk">Sojourn</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Shorter" TARGET="bulk">Short Trips</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Access" TARGET="bulk">Access</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"> <a HREF="#Seasons" TARGET="bulk">Seasons</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="84" width="628"><h1 ALIGN="CENTER"><font face="courier new, comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FF8000"><a NAME="CANOE">CANOE</a> CHARTIERS CREEK</font></h1> <h2 ALIGN="CENTER"><a href="http://www.scottconservancy.org" target="_blank"><img border="3" src="art/canoe/canoe.gif" alt="Click for sojourn registration info" width="75" height="43"><br> </a><b><font face="courier new, comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FF9900"><a name="Annual">Annual</a> Two Day Canoe Sojourn</font></b></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="JUSTIFY" valign="top" height="58" width="362" colspan="2"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Admit it, you have looked at Chartiers Creek and wondered, </font> <i><font SIZE="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"><b>"Could I canoe that?"</b></font></i> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif"> Sure, why not. There are a lot of sections that cannot be seen from the road and who knows what is around the bend? Who knew that our first trip in May 2000, with 23 voyagers (plus one dog), would end up being an annual event?</face></font></td> <td ALIGN="right" rowspan="3" valign="top" height="308" width="254"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="248"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#C6BBA2" width="226"> <p align="justify"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#006600">We enjoyed that first trip so much that ever since, we have organized a two day canoe sojourn that takes place in either May or June.  For the past four years, Scott Conservancy has hosted the event.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#006600">The first day we canoe the Upper Watershed from Canonsburg 12 miles downstream to Bridgeville. We include safety instruction and shuttle service between launch and take-out sites. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#006600">After an overnight camp-out, complete with a hearty meal, entertainment and bonfire, the next morning the canoes are put in by ChemTech off Washington Pike in Collier Township. We float the next 12 miles downstream to McKees Rocks.  </font></p> <p align="center"><i><b><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans serif" size="2" color="#FFFBDF">Exact put-ins & take-outs vary & registration is required.</font></b></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="202" colspan="2" width="362"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/100_1879.jpg" alt="Canoe Chartiers Creek" width="350" height="201"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="28" width="362" colspan="2"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Float beneath quaint bridges that span stretches of tree-lined banks as you navigate on Chartiers Creek toward the Ohio River. Churn your way through exciting rapids below Canonsburg one moment, then round the bend to discover an immense great blue heron rookery nested across 5 large sycamores..</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="JUSTIFY" colspan="2" width="362"><p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">The fantastic scenery on the downstream trip is reminiscent of a wilderness area in a national forest. Stop off and explore the <a href="land.htm#KEY" target="bulk">Conservation Area</a> at Allegheny Land Trust's Wingfield Pines or Upper St. Clair's Mayview Wetlands. Indulge in a journey of contrasts as primordial wilderness snakes through an urban setting. Spring wildflowers splash steeply forested hillsides while towns perch on creek banks overhead. </font> </p> </td> <td height="150" rowspan="3" width="254" valign="top"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/canoemap2.gif" alt="Map of Chartiers Creek showing major roads and general location of Canonsburg put-in, Bridgeville camping and McKees Rocks take-out" width="207" height="400"></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="JUSTIFY" width="170" valign="top"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/100_1887.jpg" alt="Chartiers Creek is the heart of the urban wilderness" width="150" height="185"></td> <td ALIGN="JUSTIFY" width="180" valign="top"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif"> Only when Chartiers Creek meanders through one of Valley Brook Golf Club's fairways and the golfers warn 'fore' as they hit their tee shots over our heads, did the realization occur that this creek is located only a few hundred yards from shopping centers and I-79 in a heavily developed urban area.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="JUSTIFY" colspan="2" width="362" valign="top"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Participate in this year's upcoming annual spring two-day Chartiers Creek Sojourn sponsored by <a href="http://www.scottconservancy.org" target="_blank">Scott Conservancy</a>. </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" COLSPAN="3" width="628"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Experience the journey as an early explorer may have, as the evening program at the end of the first day's trip highlights the region's history. You may even get an encore performance by the spring peeper frogs chirping from nearby wetlands, as you toast yourself by the roaring campfire. Register now!  Make sure you sign-up by June 2nd to take part in one of the most thrilling watershed events of the season!  </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="14" width="628"><img SRC="art/leaf_b2.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="12"><p ALIGN="center"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Annual" TARGET="bulk">Sojourn</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Shorter" TARGET="bulk">Short Trips</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Access" TARGET="bulk">Access</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"> <a HREF="#Seasons" TARGET="bulk">Seasons</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><h2 ALIGN="CENTER"><b><font face="courier new, comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FF9900"><a name="Shorter">Shorter</a> Trips</font></b></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" colspan="2" valign="top" rowspan="2"><p align="justify"><font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Experience thrilling rapids, rather than the gravel bars that will ground your boat. Consider running the upper part of Chartiers Creek when the water level is high. Most often high water occurs in the spring or after a heavy rain. </font></p> <p align="center"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/map2.jpg" width="274" height="193" align="center" alt="map showing creek run between Valley Brook golf course and Mayview wetlands"> </td> <td ALIGN="right" valign="top"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/100_1899.jpg" width="250" height="133" alt="kayaking the upper creek"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify"> <p align="justify"><font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Check the gauge to determine water level.  The most navigable portion of the upper runs from Canonsburg to Bridgeville.  In spring or early summer, or anytime after a rain, shorter trips include Canonsburg to the Heron Rookery, Valley Brook Golf Course to Mayview Wetlands (map), or Mayview to Bridgeville.</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" height="20" width="170" valign="top"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/100_1844.jpg" alt="this molded plastic kayak that you can sit on top of is perfect for navigating the creek's shallow rapids" width="200" height="119"></td> <td ALIGN="justify" colspan="2" height="20" width="434" valign="top"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">A day trip down the lower part of Chartiers Creek starts at the division between old and new (Fulton Project) creek channels near Heidelberg and ends at McKees Rocks.  A put-in with good launch and parking can be found at the ChemTech parking lot just off Washington Pike (Rt 50). Take-out at the parking lot by Crivelli Chevrolet in McKees Rocks is rocky, but there is a convenient boat ramp on the Ohio just past the confluence with Chartiers Creek. Scale Bruno's Island while you're at it.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" colspan="2" height="20" width="350"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">You can take a shorter four hour downstream trip from Carnegie to McKees Rocks. Carnegie is on our list of canoe launch sites to get improved access.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> Carnegie's Art & Heritage Festival features afternoon canoe rides in the pool between Carnegie's Main Street bridge and the Mansfield Avenue bridge, shown at right:</font></td> <td ALIGN="right"><img SRC="art/canoe/canoe5.jpg" ALT="Carnegie access site" width="250" height="137"></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" height="20" width="175"><img SRC="art/canoe/canoe8.jpg" ALT="Sharp Edge access site" width="200" height="133"></td> <td ALIGN="justify" colspan="2" height="20" width="429"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">A good halfway break on the Carnegie to McKees Rocks trip is at the Sharp Edge Creekhouse by the Thornburg Bridge <i>(pictured left)</i>. This is also a good put-in or take-out point for shorter floats down the Chartiers.</font> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">Want a shorter excursion? Do the run from Heidelberg to Carnegie, or Carnegie to Sharp Edge<i>,</i> or Sharp Edge to Windgap. There is a potential put-in/take out in Windgap near the Industrial highway.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" height="10" width="175"><img border="0" src="art/canoe/map1.jpg" width="195" height="297" alt="East Carnegie to Windgap on the lower creek is about a two-hour tour"></td> <td ALIGN="justify" height="10" width="215"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif">The past few summers have seen several impromptu excursions. Many of these started after work as a way to relax in the warm summer evenings.  </font></p> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif"> After a few midnight tours, canoeing by the light of the moon, or more often, by the light from billboards, we adjusted the distances to reflect what can be canoed at low water levels to get from put-in to take-out by sunset. </font></td> <td ALIGN="justify" height="10" width="214"> <img border="0" src="art/canoe/map3.jpg" width="250" height="303" alt="map showing creek put-in at Cherm Tech and take-out in Carnegie"></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"> <p align="justify"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif"> Our zany <a href="http://www.lcwc.net" target="_blank">adventures</a> on these one, two and "three" hour tours are chronicled for all water enthusiasts to gain from our learning curve.  The maps show one hour tours on the lower creek between the red dots - The old Turner Bridge abutment (the bridge is now gone) to the Sharp Edge, or the Sharp Edge to Windgap Bridge (map on left).  Or do the run from ChemTech to Carnegie (map on right) or Carnegie to the Sharp Edge.</font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><img SRC="art/leaf_b2.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="12"><p ALIGN="center"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Annual" TARGET="bulk">Sojourn</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Shorter" TARGET="bulk">Short Trips</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Access" TARGET="bulk">Access</a> </font> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"> |</font> <font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"> <a HREF="#Seasons" TARGET="bulk">Seasons</a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><h2 ALIGN="CENTER"><b><font face="courier new, comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FF9900"><a name="Access">Access</a> & Water Quality</font></b></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">So, you want to float Chartiers? Where are you going to put your boat in and take out? Where can you park your up/down-stream shuttle vehicles? There are no gentle-sloping launches or take out ramps. </p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Public waterways like Chartiers Creek deserve to be safe and accessible for public recreation. To improve access, there is now grant money available to build canoe launches along the Chartiers Creek.  However, these improvements have not yet been made, so most access points will still be rocky, muddy, steep and slippery. You may need a machete beforehand or a poison-ivy potion afterwards. Many of the best access points are on private land, so make sure to get owner permission before you trespass their property.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Every creek, river and lake has beauty in its natural state. It is hard to understand that questionable <a href="WQSM.htm" target="main">water quality</a> lurks in the flow. These waters need to be preserved and restored for healthy habitat and passive recreation.</p> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Watching water flow hypnotically affects us all. You don't get that experience watching water run through a cement culvert or where homes, businesses and industry choke the banks with fences and parking lots. Undeveloped creek banks should remain within a 100 feet or more of a waterway. Having desirable, nearby recreational opportunities, like those afforded by Chartiers Creek, not only makes good environmental sense, it spells economic opportunity for this region as well.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><h2 ALIGN="CENTER"><b><font face="courier new, comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FF9900">A Creek for All <a name="Seasons">Seasons</a></font></b></h2> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="justify" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" background="art/canoe/canoe7.jpg" width="628"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="29"><img border="0" src="art/leaf_b1.gif" width="20" height="20"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="73" align="center"><font SIZE="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"><b><a href="mailto:jasorcan@verizon.net" target="_blank">Spring</a></b>  </font></td> <td width="490"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FFFBDF"><b>DCNR sponsors a 2 day canoe sojourn with a local conservancy, that winds along the scenic Chartiers from Canonsburg to McKees Rocks.  </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="29"><img border="0" src="art/leaf_b1.gif" width="20" height="20"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="73" align="center"><font SIZE="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"><b><a href="mailto:tgvolk@switch.com" target="_blank">Summer</a></b></font></td> <td width="490"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FFFBDF"><b>Short evening tours just seem to happen along various sections of the creek. </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="29"><img border="0" src="art/amd/leaf_amd.gif" width="20" height="20"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="73" align="center"><font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#808000"><b><a href="mailto:bernadettekazmarski@comcast.net" target="_blank">Autumn</a></b></font></td> <td width="490"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FFFBDF"><b>Paddling between the Mansfield and Main Street bridges has become part of the annual Carnegie Art & Heritage Festival.  </b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="29"><img border="0" src="art/leaf_b3.gif" width="20" height="20"></td> <td bgcolor="#FFFBDF" width="73" align="center"><font color="#808000"><b><a href="mailto:gfluxbacher@aol.com" target="_blank">Winter</a></b></font></td> <td width="490"><font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica, sans serif" color="#FFFBDF"><b>Contemplate the week between Christmas and New Years for an ice tour - we may even go fishing.</b></font></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="3" height="20" width="628"><img SRC="art/leaf_b2.gif" WIDTH="12" HEIGHT="12"><p ALIGN="center"><font SIZE="-1" FACE="comic sans ms, arial, helvetica, sans serif"><a HREF="#Annual" TARGET="bulk">Sojourn</a> </font> <b> <font SIZE="-1" face="comic sans 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