{"id":36,"date":"2011-06-25T23:43:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T23:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.19.128\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:06:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:06:52","slug":"canoe-launches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/?page_id=36","title":{"rendered":"Canoe Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Download a map:<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/MapCanoeCons.doc\">MapCanoe&amp;Cons<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Ponakin Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nAbandoned bridge on the west side of Lunenburg Road, Rte. 70, about one mile north of Rte. 117.&nbsp; Launch on the south, downstream side of the bridge, use caution as the bridge embankment is steep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B. Main Street Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nAccess path on east side of Rte. 70, Main Street, just south of Lancaster center and bridge.&nbsp; Launch under the railroad trestle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Center Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the Meeting of the Waters, where the North and South branches of the Nashua River converge into the main stem.&nbsp; Limited parking on private land.&nbsp; Watch out for blowdowns in the river from here to the Rte. 117 bridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D. Rte. 117 Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout one mile west of Rte. 110 near Culley&#8217;s Snowmobile Ranch and Bolton Flats.&nbsp; Access road into limited parking; put in on the west side of the river.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E. Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge<\/strong><br \/>\nLocated in the Still River section of Harvard off Rte. 110 at the end of Still River Depot Road.&nbsp; There is plenty of parking with canoe access from parking lot.&nbsp; Do not land canoes on the west side of the river as the Ford Devens South Post is off limits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F. Fort Pond State Boat Launch<\/strong><br \/>\nOn Fort Pond Road at Rte. 70, Lunenburg Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>G. Bartlett Pond Conservation Area<\/strong><br \/>\nParking and launch on Rte. 117 just east of Rte I-190.<\/p>\n<p><strong>H. I-190 Bridge<\/strong><br \/>\nPark in turnaround at the end of N. Main Street.&nbsp; Paved path goes under I-190, stay to the right&nbsp;to go to the North Branch of the Nashua River.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/north_branch_path.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137\" title=\"north_branch_path\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/north_branch_path.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a map: MapCanoe&amp;Cons A. Ponakin Bridge Abandoned bridge on the west side of Lunenburg Road, Rte. 70, about one mile north of Rte. 117.&nbsp; Launch on the south, downstream side of the bridge, use caution as the bridge embankment &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/?page_id=36\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancasterlandtrust.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}