York River Paddle

229 U.S. 1,York ME 03909

15 October, 2022

Description

Seacoast Paddleboard Club will host our second destination paddle of the Fall at the York River. This excursion is open to paddlers of all skill levels, but proper safety gear and paddle attire are required. We expect to paddle between 4 - 6 miles at a leisurely pace with an estimated on-water time between 2 to 3 hours. Meetup & Parking: We will be meeting at 9:30 am at the public parking lot located on the North side of the Route 1 Bridge (just north of The York River Landing Restaurant). About the York River: The York River is a 13-mile-long (21 km) stream in southeast Maine. It is tidal for over half of its length. It rises at York Pond in Eliot, and conjoined by brooks and creeks, feeds the tidal section. The York River flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at York Harbor in the town of York. The Abenaki name for the York River was Agamenticus, which means "Beyond-the-hill-little-cove". According to Eben Norton Horsford, Agamenticus "described the site of the mouth of Little York River to one approaching it from the north, as it lay behind the hill called by the Indians "Sassanows" (the modern Agamenticus). Little York River, a short tidal river, was the "Beyond-the-hill-little-cove."