CONNECTICUT WATER TRAIL LINKS

The Connecticut River Boating Guide: Source To Sea  This book is a comprehensive guide to boating on the Connecticut River from the source to the Sound at http://www.ctriver.org/boating_guide.html

Canoe and Natural resource Guide to the Quinnipiac River  This booklet includes detailed maps showing canoe and fishing access points as well as0 historical, geological and wildlife information at http://www.qrwa.org/Publications/Canoe&NRGuide.pdf

Upper Quinnipiac River Canoeable Trail Guide  This booklet details the how to access and paddle the narrow Upper Quinnipiac at http://www.qrwa.org/Publications/CanoeableGuide.pdf

Trails.com has a clickable map of Connecticut flat-water paddling and canoeing (membership required for full access) at http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.asp?area=10796

Connecticut Recreational Canoe & Kayaking Maps from ctxguide.com provide a clickable map to topographic maps of Connecticut lakes and rivers at http://www.ctxguide.com/ct_canoe_kayaking_maps.htm

CTvisit.com provides a search listing for Connecticut paddling outfitters at http://www.ctvisit.com/search.aspx?search=canoe&search=kayak&search=whitewater&search=flatwater%search=%20raft&search=tubing

Connecticut Sea Kayakers (ConnYak) is a open club devoted to sea kayaking at http://www.connyak.org/default.htm . ConnYak's directions to its favorite launch sites are available at Launch Site Directions

The State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Access Guide is available at http://www.lisrc.uconn.edu/coastalaccess/  and the Boating Division with additional fresh water boat launches and general information is available at  http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2686&q=322286&depNav_GID=1620

Hartford Courant article on Protecting, Promoting 'Water Trails' (January 31, 2008) at http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-ctwatertrails.artjan31,0,4124650.story

 

NATIONAL WATER TRAIL LINKS

The National Park Service’s page on water trails is available at http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/portals/rivers/projpg/watertrails.htm

The American Rivers NEW Blue Trails Guide is available at  http://www.bluetrailsguide.org/

The American Canoe Association  ACA website is available at  http://www.americancanoe.org/site/c.lvIZIkNZJuE/b.4085469/k.BF93/Home.htm and their description of requirements to be listed as one of their Recommended Water Trails.

Our neighbor, Rhode Island, has a NEW water trail called Rhode Island Blueways at http://www.exploreri.org/index.php

"As Maine goes, so goes the nation" with its renown groundbreaking water trail at Maine Island Trail Association

The Northern Forest Canoe Trail stretches from New York to Maine http://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/

The Pennsylvania Water Trails site is at: http://www.fish.state.pa.us/watertrails/trailindex.htm

The Susquehanna River Trail Association site is at http://www.susquehannarivertrail.org/

The Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network water trails are accessible at  http://www.baygateways.net/paddling.cfm

The Northeastern Illinois Water Trails is at  http://www.openlands.org/watertrails.asp

New York City unveils a NEW network of kayak and canoe launches at http://blog.americanrivers.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/07/new-york-unveils-network-of-kayak-canoe-launches/

The Washington Water Trails Association (WWTA) site is at  http://www.wwta.org/index2.asp