Below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station, outside of Franklin, New HampshireThe Pemigewasset is 65 miles (105 km) long. It meets the Winnipesaukee River in Franklin and together the two create the Merrimack River that flows down to Boston. The Merrimack River is the river on which Thoreau paddled and about which he wrote in his book A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Merrimack is also where John and I took Wingnut kayaking this past summer and where I carelessly fell in with my Canon Rebel XSi around my neck. After I hauled my sorry self out of the river, I saw a flock, yes, a flock of bald eagles. These were the very first bald eagles I had ever seen in my life. And my camera had died because I drowned it. (It cost a fortune, but the camera has been repaired. And I have learned my lesson.)
The section of the Pemigewasset seen here is just below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station. It is a favorite site for anglers of Atlantic salmon. If you can avoid being drowned when the water behind the dam is released, it is good fishing.
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The section of the Pemigewasset seen here is just below the Eastman Falls Hydroelectric Station. It is a favorite site for anglers of Atlantic salmon. If you can avoid being drowned when the water behind the dam is released, it is good fishing.
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ANGLERS Pemigewasset River Catch & Release Section From a point approximately 150 feet below the Eastman Falls Dam to the downstream side of the Rt 3 & 11 bridge the following regulations shall apply:
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When I lived outside Boston I sometimes canoed on the Concord but never the Merrimack, and, much as I love Walden, I've never been able to get into Thoreau's other work, so this visit upstream was most welcome. Sorry to hear about your camera disaster. I seem to wreck my own camera on average about once a year. Yes, very expensive. Keep up the great photos.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about the camera and the missed Eagle opportunity. You will see more.
ReplyDeleteNice sky watch picture though. MB
A pretty river scene!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to love to fish.
But I love to EAT the fish I catch--but I don't fish any more.
ReplyDeleteI missed a hawk shot yesterday by just a secodn or so.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the narrative as well as the images, Andree, and bringing history into the present. I wonder if Thoreau dropped a notebook in the water or suffered any similar aggravation.
ReplyDeleteThat river looks ready for spring.
I've driven by that river, or at least seen signs for it many times. I'm glad to hear you were able to get the camera fixed. I guess that is a peril for all of us, in one way or another when we go out shooting. I've been lucky so far, though I haven't gone down too many rivers with my camera, none actually:) I tend to stay on dry land, good old terra firma.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week and thanks for your visits.
Just a point of clarification on what is otherwise a very nice river photo and posting.....the Merrimack River does not flow down to Boston, it flows south from NH into MA, and then easterly to Newburyport and the Atlantic. www.merrimack.org
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon. I admit to being a bit careless with that part of the post. Probably because I think of "Boston" as an geographic area — more than a city. So thank you for clarifying this!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry about your fall and the soaking of your camera. Glad it could be repaired. I'm still waiting for the return of one of my Nikon lenses. It's been in the shop quite some time and I miss it. Too bad about missing the bald eagles ... hope you get another chance to photograph these wonderful birds.
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,