Paddling Dead Creek to Raquette River

Paddling Dead Creek to Raquette River

A new canoe and winding rapids make for an enjoyable Adirondack paddle By Tom French Finally, after 30 years of navigating an 18-foot Sundowner through the tight oxbow rivers of the Adirondacks, I sprang for a shorter boat more suited to the floodplains of the North Country.  For a maiden voyage, my daughter Emma and I decided on a winding creek that we’d crossed hundreds of times on Route 3 without note. I first became aware of Dead Creek, eigh…