Napanee River (between Yarker and Camden East)
Ontario, Canada
Clear, slow moving water throughout the year and approximately 6-7 feet in depth throughout the Summer. The river is approximately 80 feet across at this location. Perfect recreation area for swimming, canoeing, and kayaking.
Small (but portage-able) rapids 1/2 km upstream and 1 km downstream.
Major falls at Yarker and Newburgh, otherwise the river is navigable from the beginning of the Napanee Watershed at the Depot Lakes in the north to the end of the watershed flowing into the Bay of Quinte at the town of Napanee.
Location created by
Lawrence O'Keeffe
- Group: Friends of the Napanee (Ontario, Canada)
- Lat: 44.3591291
- Lng: -76.784842
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
Beautiful late Summer day and perfectly clear skies. The dragonflies, frogs, and grasshoppers have FINALLY returned in numbers. Bees have still not been very numerous this Summer. Monarchs and Admirals have certainly been plentiful over the last two weeks.
Purple Loosestrife has mysteriously shown up in volume in our lower meadow this Summer.
The water in this narrow section is at its normal depth and running its "normal slow."
WOW ... what a difference a day makes !!
Short thunderstorm blew through the Napanee River Valley and dropped 3.5 in (or 89 mm) in less than an hour.
So much for the river level going down .... the river went up over 5 inches in that time putting our dock under 3+ inches of fast moving water.
Hot and humid today with partial cloud cover. Given the high volume of rain two weeks ago in the headwaters, the water is still approx 1+ feet higher and fast moving compared to the norm at this time of the summer.
Great exercise swimming upstream, but with the strong current, you don't move anywhere !!!
Sunny and clear.
Water running twice as fast as normal at this time of year.
Water depth approx. 5+ inches higher than normal at this time of year.
No algae.
A doe with a very small fawn (few weeks old) were enjoying the meadow grasses by the river last evening at dusk.
Hot, humid day, high winds, and LOTS of storm activity coming our way from the Toronto region.
Re Total Hardness reading of 200 - given this region on the Napanee is on limestone, the water is historically known for its hardness which is also reflected in drilled wells in the region.
No sign of weeds downriver (yet). The river was almost blocked slightly downstream last Summer for approximately 200 meters.
Amazing number of painted turtles for this time of year and even saw 3 dragonflies (odd for this time of year).
Abnormally hot day for this time of year - normal range is around 10C.
River is still approx. 1.5 feet higher than summer static level and still running faster than normal summer speed.
Abnormal strong winds from the SE all day (normal is either SW or from the NNE).
High degree of beaver activity (cuttings) downstream.
Observed one or two cormorants (yuch!).
Just waiting for Spring water levels to recede to commence water testing.
Spring migratory birds have arrived - wood ducks, hooded mergansers, mallards ... and even a bald eagle (in the midst of the recent, major snowstorm.
Deer are starting to roam the area, and the coyotes have been around all Winter.