Sebago to the sea from Eel Weir Canal 9/28/24

I wanted to try paddling from Sebago to the sea, with a lighter boat, now that I knew where the rocks and rapids were. I wanted to try the new path for me starting at the weir canal right at the dam on Sebago Lake basin. When you get down to the, we hydropower plant about a mile down from there. It’s an easy takeout at the warning signs. Then it’s an easy portage down a short stretch of road to the power plant parking lot. From there you walk down a little dirt car trail for a few hundred feet and, make a sharp left back up a little easy path down to the presents Scott river. The next thing here was of course the Dundee Dam has been repaired and the refilling of Dundee pond is underway, but the Rapids are still there at Dundee Park. So I ported around at Dundee Park, However, the lower rapids are now already completely covered. It was still easy to pull right up to the tow path.. From there, there are no real changes in the portages, but the river is historically low these days. The waves from the ocean and the very low rocks after presents scott Falls convinced me to stop in the title Water just after Scott Falls and not try paddling down under the next two bridges into Casco Bay. This would’ve been a lot of fun with my Old Town Penobscot Canoe, but it’s not would’ve been safe or even possible in my little J190.
23 miles and 11 portages later I called it a day. The city portage is on the streets of Westbrook are still quite a thing. Getting back into the river after the c&o mill dam at SAPPI is still at chore and I still hike down behindtritank welding. The “ homeless“ kemper is becoming quite a nice home now! They’re even more strainers than before, and the massive strainer completely blocking the prism. Scott is still there and it was still really hard to drag boat up the steep slope for the shortage around the strainer. The hardest portage physically is still purging around. Presents Scott Falls with steep hills, many roots and rocks. With all this, I think it might be too much of a chore for one person to do all these portages. With a crew it would certainly be a lot more fun!