| Region: | River: | NTS Sheet: | UTM Type: | Zone: |
| Avalon Penninsula | Aquaforte Brook | 1 N\2 | NAD27 | 22 |
| River Description: |
| A 30' waterfall into a narrow slot, ending in a boulder sieve. Three rapids exist below this drop. |
| Scout the falls carefully. |
| Difficulty Rating: | Hardest Rapid: | Flow Information: |
| V+ | V+ | An unregulated river, the flow is determined by rainfall |
| and snowmelt. It's runnable from low water and up. |
| How to get there: | Gradient |
| Put-in | Northing | Easting: | Section: | Max |
| 5208109 | 349126 | Distance | 0.6 | km |
| Aquaforte is located about 45 min south of St. John's. | Gradient | 51 | m/k |
| The put-in is located where RD. #10 crosses the river 2.7 |
| km south of the turn into the community of Aquaforte. | 269 | fpm |
| The bridge is shortly after a B&B on the left side of the |
| road. The put-in is also distinct because of the old bridge |
| downstream of the current highway bridge. |
| Take-out | Northing | Easting: |
| 5208109 | 349126 |
| The take-out is located shortly after the third rapid. There |
| is a steep trail on river left that returns to the highway |
| bridge. It is also possible to take out at the base of the |
| falls at a viewing platform. |
| Detailed Description of the River |
| First descent by Kevin England in 2001. |