Waterway Stewards

We will meet at the Food Lion parking area across from the Marine Air Base main entrance on Route 17 Southof Jacksonville at 9:30. If you need a base pass please obtain it and be ready to caravan to Maple Landing on SouthwestCreek.

We will of course pick up all trash as usual but the main purpose [...]

We will meet at the Food Lion parking area across from the Marine Air Base main entrance on Route 17 Southof Jacksonville at 9:30. If you need a base pass please obtain it and be ready to caravan to Maple Landing on SouthwestCreek.

We will of course pick up all trash as usual but the main purpose [...]

2008-11-20 White Oak River
Emmetts Lane Bridge to Gibson Bridge
Here we are lined up along Emmetts Lane to unload our boats and launch them inthe White Oak River.

These are two deer carcasses thrown off the bridg by hunters. The stench was unbearable!This was a sad way to start our [...]

Comments are under each photo; comments are by Elmer Eddy except where otherwise noted.

We picked up two bags of litter right here on this s/e shoulder of this bridge. These signs let the public know this is a Canoe Trail. One can paddle upstream to huge old cypress trees or downstream to Gibson Bridge and Route [...]

2008-11-13, Mill Creek, Camp Lejeune, NC
2008-11-13 Mill Creek, Camp Lejeune. Come and explore the lovelywilderness creek with us.

This is a small creek off of South Verona Loop Road. Access is at ramp atthe end of Mill Creek Road. It is 2 and 1/2 miles upstream to three culvertswhich are under South Verona Loop Road.

At 2.2 miles [...]

2008-11-06 New River Town Point to Town CreekCamp Lejeune, NC
We had as most enjoyable paddle today. Not what we had planned because of thestrong winds but the wind did not bother us south of Town Point which protected usfrom the wind as the forest did up Town Creek We were able to cut through severalobstructions [...]