1. Lampsons Falls to Downerville

Directions: Put In: Heading north out of Degrasse on Clare Rd. for 4-5 miles to the yellow/brown sign on the left for the trail to Lampson's Falls. It's probably about a half-mile easy walk to the water from there. Take Out: On Route 24 just north of the town of Russell boaters will see a NY state sign for Downerville, a no-longer existent town at the confluence of the N. branch of the Grasse with the Main branch. Coming from Russell, turn right (SE) onto dirt/gravel Donnerville road, after old cemetary on left, take next right. Follow along beaver pond then downhill to confluence. About a mile and a half from main road to take-out. Description: The trail comes out right at Lampson's Falls, which is Fowlersville-sized but has a bunch of flakes sticking up that don't look friendly at all; judge for yourself, I had no issues continuing down the trail to the bottom. From the pool below you have some flatwater to warm up on before dropping into a nice pool-drop rhythm. Most of the drops are worth scouting just to see the assortment of possible lines that most offer up. At low water this seemed like a nice creeking progression from Taylorville on the Beaver, with a few drops which were definite steps up. Nothing is mandatory and everything was pretty easy to scout/portage. The last mile stretch the river starts to widen and become more small rapids. When you come to the Confluence of the North Branch on river right, there will be a small path through the woods which will take you back to the parking lot. This section can be connected and run all the way down to Russell. Canton - Cranberry Lake Area Reaches Boland Creek Elm Creek Grass (1. Lampsons Falls to Downerville) Grass (2. Downerville to Russell) Grass (3. Morley to Massena)Grass (4.Woods Bridge Road to Route 47) Grass, Middle BranchGrass, North Branch Grass, Upper South BranchGrass, Lower South Branch (Twin Falls) Oswegatchie, E. Branch (2.)Oswegatchie, E. Branch (3.) Oswegatchie, W. BranchPlumb Brook Potsdam - Malone Area Reaches Chateaugay Deer (Dickinson Center) Deer (Dickinson Center to Lawrenceville) Grass (1. Lampsons Falls to Downerville) Grass (Sec. 3) Grass (Sec. 4) JordanLittle Trout Marble Meacham Lake Outlet Raquette Sec. 3) Hannawa FallsRaquette 2) Piercefield to Parmenter Site Raquette Sec. 4) Stone Valley Salmon Salmon (Chasm Falls) St. Regis St. Regis, E. Branch St. Regis, Middle Branch (Sec. 1) St. Regis, Middle Branch (Sec. 2) St. Regis, Middle Branch (Sec. 3) St. Regis, Middle Branch (Sec. 4.) St. Regis, W. Branch (Sec. 1) St. Regis, W. Branch (Sec. 2) St. Regis, W. Branch (Sec. 3) Trout Brook Google Map of New York Whitewater New York Whitewater Paddlers Facebook Group