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
The major rain event early this week measured 3" of rain, and surprisingly, the river went up 3" as well. The algae is almost absent, and the river weeds are way down from previous years.
The drought conditions have dropped off a bit which is a welcome sign with dragonflies, grasshoppers, snapping and painted turtles appearing in increased numbers.
Bright cloudless, sunny days continue ... now in our third week of over 30C, and the drought continues ! ... more than two weeks since the last sprinkle of rain.
Marked decrease in dragonflies on the river, next to no frogs or painted turtles, and grasshoppers (usually very plentiful) are just starting to show now.
The river level is approaching drought level of 2016. Fortunately, algae and thick weeds on the river (normally seen with droughts here) are at extremely low levels.
River level is almost at the low/drought levels of two years ago and almost 1.5 months earlier. Rainfall is intermittent and not nearly enough to keep the watershed levels up, therefore likely having an impact on invertebrates and biodiversity in rivers and streams across outer watershed.
Welcome to another year of testing.
Water temp is surprisingly warm for this time of Spring .... good enough to swim in this weekend !!
Water levels are back to normal depth after a lower than average early Spring runoff (~1.5-2 feet lower this Spring).
Our stopover, migratory ducks (ie. hooded mergansers, common mergansers, buffleheads, wood ducks) went north for nesting about 3 weeks ago. Wish they would nest around here ! All of the more common birds are busy nesting now, and many of our birdhouses are occupied (must be because of the high prices in Toronto).
Sunny, clear day and no winds.
Water is down to normal Fall levels and moving at its normal slow rate.
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.