Eagle Point Wetland Paddle

When: June 17 with a rain date of June 18, 9:30am with a 10am launch
Where: Eagle Point, Halls Creek bridge, Derby

Eagle Point Wildlife Management Area with nearly a mile of lakeshore habitat, provides excellent opportunities to see a variety of wetland and marsh species. Herons, bitterns, snipe, pied-billed grebes, rails, common moorhens, and marsh wrens make up a large portion of the species you will most likely encounter in the marshes of the WMA and many other wetland and terrestrial species.
The paddle will be led by Paul Hamelin, from the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Important details – Please read before registering

Participants must have basic paddling skills for flat water
Participants will need to bring their own paddle craft and gear:
Personal Flotation Device required
Recommended: water bottle, hat, sunscreen

Plan to be on site and readying your craft by 9:30; we’ll begin paddling about 10:00. * Note there are no facilities in the area (no bathroom or drinking water source)

*Limited to 10 boats. So YOUR ONE registration is for ONE boat (Solo or tandem kayak, or 2-3 people in a canoe ), no need to register per person. If you register but then cannot make it, please let us know so we can give your spot to someone on the waiting list. Email us at: memphremagogwatershed@gmail.com
*Paddlers will need to drop off their boat before the Halls Creek bridge and then relocate the vehicle to the Wetland Overlook parking area on the hill across the bridge.

*Parking – There is a shared parking zone only on one side of the road between the wetland and lake, and the narrow parking space is popular with anglers so space is limited. More parking is available at the Dunn Farm Road parking area, with carpool back to the launch site (Town Highway 6, the “loop” road on right 0.2 miles beyond the bridge)

Directions- From VT 105/5 in Newport, turn north on Sias Avenue (Cumberland Farms is on the northeast corner of this intersection) – .6 miles
– Sias Avenue turns into Darling Hill Road – 1.6mi
– At V-intersection, continue straight on North Derby Road – 2 miles
– At T-intersection, turn left onto Eagle Point Road (T-17) – 1.3 miles
– Drop off boats before the bridge along the wetland side of roadway.

Parking Options – Continue across the bridge. The road turns into a dirt road
– Just past the bridge on the right is the Wetland Overlook kiosk & parking 
– Additional parking is available further up the road.
– Take the first right (no sign) and park along the edge of the loop road.