New Hampshire / Pemigewasset River /
Sawhegenet Falls Rec. Area
Carry-in (canoe and kayak) · on Pemigewasset River · near Bridgewater · New Hampshire
Public, but limited to town residents, sticker or permit holders. The agency notes: “Town residents only”. Check the rules with the town or agency before you go.
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
- Fee
- Residents only
- Car parking
- Gravel
- Restrooms
- No
- Managed by
- Town - Bridgewater
- Coordinates
- 43.68343, -71.65020
On Pemigewasset River
The Pemigewasset River, known locally as "the Pemi", is a 65-mile river in central New Hampshire that drains about 1,021 square miles. It begins at Profile Lake in Franconia Notch State Park and flows south through the White Mountains, past Lincoln, Woodstock, Thornton, Campton, Plymouth, Holderness, Ashland, Bridgewater, Bristol, New Hampton, Hill and Sanbornton. In Franklin it joins the Winnipesaukee River to form the Merrimack River. Below Ashland, the Ayers Island hydroelectric dam impounds the river for more than five miles along the Bristol–New Hampton line. Farther downstream is the Franklin Falls Dam, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built between 1939 and 1943. Its reservoir has a 440-acre permanent pool, and the area it can flood reaches 12.5 miles upstream to Ayers Island Dam. Since 1991, all of the river except a 10-mile segment through Lincoln and Woodstock has been protected under the state Rivers Management and Protection Program. More about Pemigewasset River.
Community
Where people who use Pemigewasset River talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Ashland Memorial Park · 1.3 mi · Squam River
- Squam River Boat Ramp · 1.9 mi · Squam River
- Sky Pond Boat Access Facility · 3.5 mi · Sky Pond
- Hawkins Pond Cartop Facility · 4.3 mi · Hawkins Pond
- Town Ramp · 4.5 mi · Lake Winona
- Squam Lakes Boat Access Facility · 4.6 mi · Squam Lake
Sources
- New Hampshire Access Sites to Public Waters record 5509 · Public record (NH GRANIT), no license stated
Why it is listed as public: listed by New Hampshire Access Sites to Public Waters. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Corrections help everyone; a reporting form is coming soon.