| Region: | River: | NTS Sheet: | UTM Type: | Zone: |
| West Coast | Cook's Brook | 12 B\16 | NAD27 | 21 |
| River Description: |
| A quick run through a short, deep canyon. At least three good rapids at the end, but unknown upstream |
| of what can be seen at the road bridge. |
| Difficulty Rating: | Hardest Rapid: | Flow Information: |
| | IV+ | | IV+ | Cook's needs to be flooding to make this worthwhile. Run it |
| | during spring melt or after 50+ mm of rain in a short period of |
| | time. |
| River Levels: |
| How to get there: | Gradient: |
| | Put-in | Northing: | Easting: | Section: | Avg |
| | 5420890 | | 422094 | | Distance: | 5.50 | | km |
| | Drive west from Cornerbrook along RD. #460 to the community of | Gradient: | 20 | | m/km |
| | Mt. Moriah. In Mt. Moriah turn left (south) at a small convenience |
| | store and head uphill to the old train tracks. Follow the railbed | 106 | | fpm |
| | south past an active Sawmill. A road runs parallel to the railbed |
| | and goes to the same place as the put-in. At a four way |
| | intersection (4.0 km) on the railbed turn right. In front of you will |
| | be a quad bridge spanning the brook. This is referred to as |
| | Bombed-out Bridge by geologists in the region. This is also the |
| | put-in. |
| | Take-out | Northing: | Easting: |
| | 5424695 | | 421969 |
| | Drive 2.2 km past the community of Mt. Moriah on RD. #460. |
| | Shortly after the town the road will swing sharply to the left and |
| | descend a steep hill with several sharp bends. At the base of |
| | the hill the road crosses Cook's Brook. There is a pull-out on the |
| | left hand side of the road to leave a vehicle in. The final section |
| | of the river has two hard rapids which cross under the road |
| | bridge. This section should be scouted at this time. |
| Detailed Description of the River |
| First Descent (????): I would lay money on people having innertubed this run. First Kayak Descent |
| (2004): Chris Buchanan |
| |
| My first chance to run this was during our spring creeking trip in 2004. Hiking a short ways upstream |
| provided and opportunity to run four rapids. The first rapid was a straight forward slide which deposits |
| you at the top of the second rapid. The second rapid consists of a narrow slot with an interesting hole. |
| The third rapid is a river wide hole formed at the base of a short, steep slide. This was easily boofed on |
| the river right side, but being in the main hole or higher flows would result in a very humbling (humiliating?) |
| experience. The final rapid, under the bridge is a solid class V at high water levels. Most the current |
| flows into a narrow slot on river right, creating a sticky looking flat hole. A slim, one boat eddy at the top |
| of this rapid allows a sneak around the top of the slot and a boof over the river left side. This neatly |