| Region: | River: | NTS Sheet: | UTM Type: | Zone: |
| Terra Nova | Maccles Brook | 2 D\09 | NAD27 | 21 |
| River Description: |
| A great pool-drop run with constant action and some sweet drops that will keep you on your |
| toes. |
| Difficulty Rating: | Hardest Rapid: | Flow Information: |
| IV | V- | When the Terra Nova gauge is above 75 and rising |
| steeply than Maccles Brook probably has good water on |
| it. This is typically only a spring run off river. (more) |
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| River Levels: |
| Medium | 75 | to | 150 |
| How to get there: | Gradient |
| Put-in | Northing | Easting: | Section: | Avg |
| 5391244 | 711093 | Distance | 7.8 | km |
| Head north on the TCH from the take-out for 6 km. Turn | Gradient | 13 | m/k |
| left onto a small woods road and drive for about 1.4 km to |
| a t-junction with the old railway line. Turn left onto the | 68 | fpm |
| railway bed and follow this for 4.7 km to a small bridge | Section: | Max |
| over the narrows between two portions of Maccles Lake. |
| Head down stream across the lake and enjoy the run. | Distance | 5.7 | km |
| Gradient | 17 | m/k |
| Take-out | Northing | Easting: | 89 | fpm |
| 5391366 | 717870 | 89 | fpm |
| The take-out for Maccles Brook is the same as the Terra |
| Nova River. Leave vehicle on the east side of the bridge |
| crossing the Terra Nova River. |
| Detailed Description of the River |
| The first corner on Maccles Brook is the worst. It is essentially an unscoutable 1 m ledge (II+) |
| with a clean tongue on the left. The first real rapid (III+) is just downstream and can be |
| scouted fromt the river right shore. This is sweet boof move into the slot over a 1 m ledge. |
| All the water pumps out of the slot creating big smiles. Boogy water for a stretch relaxes most |
| boaters and after crossing a very short steady a distinct horizon line appears. Scout on the |
| river right. This drop (IV) has certainly caused some moans over time. It is a rocky slide that |
| is trickier than it looks, lots of stuff hidden in there to knock you off line and bump your head |
| on before you get stuck in the hole at thebottom. A bit of class III action below this leads |
| you up to the Canyon (V) This is the first big drop on the river. Dodging around the shallow, |
| rocky entrance ledge can be tricky and once you drop off the 2 m ledge and into the slot it is |
| non-stop action before you hit the final 2.5 m ledge that launches you into the pool at the |
| bottom. It is fairly important, but difficult, to hit the final ledge on the right side. There is a |
| massive boulder lurking on the left side that has to hurt when you hit it. The far river right side |
| of the central fin is a 5 m (V+) waterfall with a very tight river right line that has never been |
| run. |