Got an early start yesterday launching into the Nashua River from the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge's upper launch in Harvard, MA. I paddled upriver in hopes of reaching the blowdown that stopped my downriver progress from Rt. 117 back in June. The morning was cool and quiet with hardly any breeze as I worked my way slowly through the Bolton Flats, dealing with one blowdown after another. Trash was plentiful and my boat was at capacity before reaching my turnaround spot 2.8 miles upriver from where I'd launched.
In that almost 3 miles of river there are only a few signs of civilization. The still active railroad bridge is one...
...and this smaller truss-type bridge crossing an inlet is another...
...perhaps a component of the Bolton Flats trail?
About 2 miles upriver from the launch a half-mile long ridge keeps the river at its foot on the west side...
On the riverbank opposite the ridge a 4-point buck was bedded down until he and I surprised one another. I reached for my camera, but he was faster on the draw...and gone.
Trash recovered along the way...
Could easily have gathered another boatload.
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