Lewisburg residents have long lamented that it isn’t easier for residents to access the river. Maybe you don't own a boat. Or if you do have a boat, you find it a bit of a hassle to wrangle it down to the landing for just a short paddle. Or you want to bring a friend along but not have a boat for them. By having public boats stored at the river access point, our Public Paddle program lowers the bar and make it less of an effort to decide to go out for a paddle before sunset on a weeknight or on a misty morning before the rest of your weekend plans kick in.

Canoes and kayaks can be borrowed for quick jaunts on the river. Anyone wishing to get access to the boats will need to contact the LN office, make a small annual contribution ($30 or two hours of volunteer time), attend a safety briefing, and sign a liability waiver. The boats are intended mostly for brief out and back outings from the landing. People borrowing them should assume upstream paddling will be required.

In future it may be possible to borrow the boats for longer point-to-point outings, but the borrower will be responsible for getting the boat back to Lewisburg and will have to make arrangements to transport it on the upstream leg. The boats still do not have Fish and Boat Commission launch permits, so they should not be used at any FBC boat ramps.