Estimated Length: 6.8
Date: Nov. 8 2011
Weather: Sunny and in the 70’s
Time on River: 2 1/2 hours
River Conditions: Class I
Distance from Nashville: One hour
Close By: Shelbyville
Put-In: Cortner Mill
Take-Out: Three Forks Bridge
Highlights:
Cortner Mill river access is located on the Parish Patch Farm and Inn. The Inn has limited hours of operation and requires reservations but it’s a lovely setting and their menu looks very appetizing. The put-in for this section of the Duck is right in front of the Inn, so there is lots of parking and you can walk right up the river’s edge. There is access to put-in at the Normandy Dam a few miles up river but you will have to portage around the dam at Cortner Mill.
The water was running fast and high the day we tackled this upper section of river. What we thought would be a 3-4 hour trip was completed in 2 1/2. With the high water, the river became a bit more of a technical challenge. Lex and I canoed this section earlier in the summer and remembered it as being a slow leisurely float. This time we encountered more riffles and deadfall. There are not as many bluffs as other sections of the Duck but has more pastoral views. With farms just beyond the line of trees on the rivers edge.
Three Forks Bridge take-out is easily recognized from the river but does require a series of steep steps to get back up to the parking lot. Now that the cold weather is here, we not sure when our next trip will be but the goal is to canoe at least one day every month of the year. So come join us…..
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