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JPTolson · 04-05-2014, 10:24 AM

Ed indicated he is not completely committed to running the Mahoning on Sunday, so here's another option:

The middle fork of Little Beaver Creek from Eagleton's Glen to Lisbon, a distance of between five and six miles. Or the trip could be extended another four or five miles to Elkton. With all the rain we've had, I thought it might be interesting to do a run the club seldom or has never done, especially on a small stream that normally would be too low in the summer.

I have never run this section of the creek, so unless someone who has paddled it recently comes along, it would be an UNSCOUTED trip. This means that the status of strainers, wires or fencing across the creek, low water bridges, yahoos with guns, junkyard dogs, other hazards, or Bigfoot sightings is UNKNOWN. There is a low head dam to be carried just upstream from Lisbon. I've also read that there is a broken out dam in Lisbon that is runnable on river left. The creek was running bank full on Friday afternoon at a pretty good clip (gage was close to 6 feet) and there are some class 1 rapids visible at times from the road. There did not appear to be many eddys in the in the sections I could see. The creek is dropping as of Saturday morning. When I scouted it on Wednesday the gage was around 4.3 and the creek still appeared runnable, although there might be a little bumping.

The stretch above Lisbon should be pleasant scenery; below Lisbon will not be real scenic as the river runs along Route 154 a good part of the way and passes a sand and gravel operation and a sewage treatment plant. There should be plenty of parking at any of three access points–Eagleton's Glen (parking lot for the Greenway Trail), Lisbon (a canoe launch area), or Elkton (part of Beaver Creek State Park property), although the Elkton lot was a little muddy.

Anyway, if this run has any appeal, I'd be happy to lead it. Anyone who is interested, please post here or call me at 330-337-7752. We should have a minimum of three boats for the trip. If there is enough interest I will post the meeting time and place on this board on Saturday evening (4/5/14).

For those of you curious to know where Eagleton's Glen is located, here are the coordinates:N 40? 49.347 W 080? 49.625

JP

04-05-2014, 10:24 AM	#2
JPTolson Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Salem, Ohio Posts: 902 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Middle Fork of Little Beaver Creek Ed indicated he is not completely committed to running the Mahoning on Sunday, so here's another option: The middle fork of Little Beaver Creek from Eagleton's Glen to Lisbon, a distance of between five and six miles. Or the trip could be extended another four or five miles to Elkton. With all the rain we've had, I thought it might be interesting to do a run the club seldom or has never done, especially on a small stream that normally would be too low in the summer. I have never run this section of the creek, so unless someone who has paddled it recently comes along, it would be an UNSCOUTED trip. This means that the status of strainers, wires or fencing across the creek, low water bridges, yahoos with guns, junkyard dogs, other hazards, or Bigfoot sightings is UNKNOWN. There is a low head dam to be carried just upstream from Lisbon. I've also read that there is a broken out dam in Lisbon that is runnable on river left. The creek was running bank full on Friday afternoon at a pretty good clip (gage was close to 6 feet) and there are some class 1 rapids visible at times from the road. There did not appear to be many eddys in the in the sections I could see. The creek is dropping as of Saturday morning. When I scouted it on Wednesday the gage was around 4.3 and the creek still appeared runnable, although there might be a little bumping. The stretch above Lisbon should be pleasant scenery; below Lisbon will not be real scenic as the river runs along Route 154 a good part of the way and passes a sand and gravel operation and a sewage treatment plant. There should be plenty of parking at any of three access points–Eagleton's Glen (parking lot for the Greenway Trail), Lisbon (a canoe launch area), or Elkton (part of Beaver Creek State Park property), although the Elkton lot was a little muddy. Anyway, if this run has any appeal, I'd be happy to lead it. Anyone who is interested, please post here or call me at 330-337-7752. We should have a minimum of three boats for the trip. If there is enough interest I will post the meeting time and place on this board on Saturday evening (4/5/14). For those of you curious to know where Eagleton's Glen is located, here are the coordinates:N 40? 49.347 W 080? 49.625 JP Last edited by JPTolson; 04-05-2014 at 06:06 PM.