COD POND & STEWART CREEK canoeing & camping
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July 3 & 4, 2016 - COD POND, LITTLE JOE POND, STEWART CREEK. 1 mile hike to Cod Pond (doubled the carry, so 3 miles for me) - gain of ~200' in 1st half, quite a few downed trees & blowdown makes the trail hard to follow close to the pond. Camped on Cod Pond which has a lot of watershield growing in it. Hiked to Little Joe Pond (part bushwhack SSW, part on unofficial trail). Paddled upstream on Stewart Creek - got out for 4 beaver dams in 1st couple of miles, then 0.2 mile carry (rock-hopped then bushwhacked to Oregon Trail - nasty), then 3 more beaver dams in next couple of miles past North Bend & Oregon Trail bridge. Creek as wide as 50' up here; turned around at foot of another rocky rapid. Lovely scenery. Went further on Oregon Trail on the carry on way back to a wet section then bushwhacked down thru woods then wetland marsh to a spot on the creek ~100 yards downstream of the rapids. Broke camp & out. Some ...