I took a rare trip east of downtown and put in on the North Saskatchewan just downstream of the Dawson Bridge. Dawson Park has great parking, washrooms, and a decent boat launch.
There were all manner of boats on the river: SUPs, outrigger canoes, a dragon boat, a jet boat, and a lime scooter.
This was a nice section of the river with a gentle current on the north shore all the way up to accidental beach. The new LRT bridge seems to narrow the river a bit and the current picks way up at this point, so I ferried across to the south bank and floated back.
Accidental beach was quiet and is starting to get some plant growth.
Overall, this was a very nice way to spend an hour and was a pleasant change of pace from the west end.
The area around the boat launch itself is quite shallow so I was happy the river was higher the usual.
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