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- Concrete pad at foot of Todd Street
Description
At the end of Todd Street, there is on-street parking on one side and a fire hydrant on the other. Be careful to not block the path going in both directions along the river.
The water access is down a shallow grassy slope about 30 feet long. The concrete pad is big enough to launch (and dock) a canoe or a couple of kayaks.
The water is slow enough due to the dam downstream that you can probably launch from here and paddle upstream a ways.
What I did was park here, walk my ORU folding kayak and gear to the nearest 302 express bus stop (10 minutes walk, at the Delta intersection), and caught the bus to Freeport Hospital (about 40 minutes on the bus, no transfers). That let me off just 50 feet from the water at the side of the bridge, just opposite from Canoeing the Grand. That was a 17.5km paddle down to Cambridge. Total cost: $3.50 bus fare, and about an hour of time.
(Overall paddle rating: 7 out of 10. Waiting up to 30 minutes for the bus, was OK but not great; but the paddling overall was excellent. A couple of points off because the long-term construction on the 401 at the overpass made for an exciting discovery (it's a narrowish chute through a restricted waterway under a temporary bridge and I had no idea whether it was going to dump me, though it was fine.)
Location & Directions
- Body of Water: Grand River
- Coordinates: 43.371271648757, -80.321753025055
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Amenities
- Launch Point
- Paid Parking
- Free Parking
- Year-Round Bathrooms
- Seasonal Bathrooms
- Permit Required
- Drinking Water
- Food Available
- Boat Ramp
- Campsites
- Picnic Shelter
- Picnic Tables
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Hazard
- Free Lunch
- Free Parking
- Boat Ramp
- Campsites
- Picnic Shelter
- Picnic Tables
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Hazard
- Free Lunch
- Free Parking
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