Errata

#3 posted 2008-Apr-11  - for Shuttles on the Bow and Highwood River near Calgary, Best Rates Shuttles should be listed as The Shuttle Service by Louise Shotton .  Louise provides shuttle service on the following:

Bow River - Bowness Park to Fish Creek Park within Calgary
Bow River - Calgary to Carseland
Highwood River: Hwy #547 to Hwy #552 (or to Nature's Hideway Campground) - with adequate advance warning

and the phone #  is 403.282.5071

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#s 1 & 2 below have been corrected in all books printed since April 2008

#2 - posted 2008-Jan-25 - from August '07 paddling on the Red Deer River, Content to Drumheller

Backbone Riffle a class 1-11 rock bar is 16 km below the Content Bridge at approximately grid reference UC 613 838

JB Taxi in Drumheller is now Taxi! Taxi! with the same phone #

#1- posted 2007-Aug-10 - provided by Werner

pg. 116 - wrong datum year on the Intermediate Access, Distances, Key Points and Gradient table.  All of the NTS 1:50,000 sheets for this reach as presently published use NAD 1927 for the datum year.  Corrected table is provided below.

North Saskatchewan River
Nordegg Bridge (Forestry Trunk Rd.) to Rocky Mountain House

Intermediate Access, Distances, Key Points and Gradient

Km

Km

Km

Access / Bank or

MGRS

Gradient

Location

Elevation

down

up

between

Rapid / Class

datum

m/km

meters

NAD 1927

Zone 11U

1200

-5.5

Nordegg Bridge / NW launch

106.0

0.0

left/upstream of bridge

NJ 628 054

1180

100.7

5.3

1.9

Dutch Creek

95.1

10.9

left

NJ 723 050

1160

93.5

12.5

2.8

1140

86.0

20.0

2.7

Upper Saunders Rapid

80.0

26.0

Class II to II+

NJ 825 116

Shunda Creek

79.1

26.9

left

NJ 830 121

Saunders Ledge

78.6

27.4

stay tight right to avoid

Saunders Access

78.0

28.0

28.0

left

NJ 842 121

1120

77.0

29.0

2.2

1100

68.0

38.0

2.2

Sunset Creek

62.8

43.2

left

NJ 968 116

1080

59.8

46.2

2.4

Trout Creek

53.1

52.9

right

PJ 035 079

1067

51.3

54.7

1.5

1052

48.2

57.8

4.8

former Phoenix Ferry site

45.3

60.7

right

PJ 071 041

Ram River confluence

44.4

61.6

right

PJ 080 038

1036

40.4

65.6

2.1

Horburg Access

36.0

70.0

42.0

left - watch for side channel upstream

PJ 149 059

1021

34.5

71.5

2.5

approaching Devil’s Elbow

30.7

75.3

Class 11+ to III-

stay right to avoid

PJ 183 082

1006

26.4

79.6

1.9

991

16.8

89.2

1.6

Cow Creek

15.1

90.9

right

PJ 300 023

Fisher’s Rapid

14.0

92.0

Class II+ - III-

Blue Bridge Access / RR bridge

9.1

96.9

26.9

left

PJ 340 009

Greer’s Rapid

8.6

96.4

Class II

Lower Fisher’s Rapid

5.5

99.5

Class II

975

6.0

100.0

1.5

RMH Historic Site boat launch

5.0

101.0

4.1

left

PJ 375 015

Brierly’s Rapid

4.7

101.3

right channel

Class II to II+

Clearwater River

2.0

104.0

right

PJ 398 031

960

2.0

104.0

3.8 ?

Highway 11A / Bridge & Launch

0.0

106.0

5.0

right

PJ 403 045