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Playspot WI Class I

FORMER site of Lime Kiln Park Dam

American Whitewater 43.3052, -87.9533

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Gauge Conditions

Milwaukee River near Cedarburg, WI Downstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Passing under Falls Road, a quarter-mile paddle (through uneventful 'bobble water' shoals) brings you to Lime Kiln Park, where you'll see a small rocky prominence just prior to the second former dam-site. Removal of this relatively short (but classic 'killer' low-head) dam was completed during winter, 2010/2011.

The river is very deep where the dam was (making it a very popular fishing hole). Again, there may be some very decent eddylines with great depth. (Another fine place for a squirt boat or longer 'old-school' playboat, to do bowstalls and sternsquirts, though realistically, the eddylines and opportunities are better in the two spots previously mentioned.)

Immediately downstream, an island will be encountered (likely with a collection of wood broached at its head). The left channel is minor riffles and rips, leading to a slightly undercut wall as the river is diverted to the right to rejoin the other channel.