B) Hwy. 112: Dam to Powerhouse (0.25-0.43 mile)

Short, but interesting intermediate run, routinely runnable due to generation demands. The best section is a short, dewatered bypass reach which can be run without doing a shuttle by taking out just below the power plant (river-left) and hiking back to the put in. This will be pretty shallow at flows below 500 CFS. At higher flow it can be very pushy with very powerful eddies and will likely be a bit intense for beginner paddlers. This quarter-mile has a series of diagonal ledge-drops with interesting waves and holes. The river bottom is very sharp and has given a number of paddler’s bloody knuckles after a flip/swim. (Be very aware of this especially if play boating!) This run generally opens ('ices off') before other south shore runs, and makes a great after work or school run. Be aware that the large eddy at the put in can be very powerful and can surprise a beginner paddler. Also, at most flows, make sure to stay well-away from the powerful hole at the base of the dam! (Note: GoogleMaps seems to have mislabeled the river downstream of the dam as the Bad River rather than the White River. Many, many miles downstream at Odanah, the White does flow into the Bad.)