Bow River Boat Launch Report - April 02 2012

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McKinnon Flats April 02 2012 Photo: Copyright Bow River Shuttles

 

 

Just prior to this past weekend, I began getting calls from my shuttle clients wondering about Bow River boat launch conditions, especially those below Policeman's Flats.

 

So we set aside a good part of Monday, April 02, to visit them all, from the top of the river to the bottom. The odometer clocked in at 194.5 kms.

 

Here is what we saw. (24 photos and 2 video clips)

 

The new, and very solid, red and white gate is still up at the Riverside Quays condo development at the 17 Ave/Cushing Bridge boat launch.

 

However, we've learned from two different sources, including Fly Fish Calgary Forum, that this gate was installed by the condo developer, and not by the City.

 

The condo developer had also installed a locked chain across the other entrance to the boat launch road. That chain has now been unlocked at the request of the City.

 

Stay tuned. Things could get interesting at this location when the Harvie Passage officially opens later this spring.

 

The 22X/Fish Creek Park boat launch was opened the weekend before last, as was noted on my Blog at the time.

 

We did our first shuttle to McKinnon Flats on Tuesday April 03. These hardy fly fishers were willing to drag their drift boat over the ice, as they have done in past years.

 

If you'd like to compare the current boat launch conditions to what they were a month ago, you can see my March 02, 2012 boat launch report here.

 

Here is what conditions looked like in our early April 2011 report "It's S'no'w Joke".

 

Quite a difference between last year, "The Winter That Wouldn't End", and this year, "The Winter That Wasn't"!

 

Michelle