Hopefully a portage path will be available after construction of the new power plant is complete. Bowersock Mills and Power Company is currently building a new power plan on the north side of the river and portage around the dam is not possible. River Mile 51 Bowersock Dam in Lawrence – You must take out of the river at Riverfront Park about one mile upstream from the dam and portage via vehicle to the 8th Street Access ramp about 2 miles to the southeast in north Lawrence below the dam.In high water you will float over the dam but in lower water you need to go over the dam on river left or in the middle of the river near a gravel bar. River Mile 75 Low head dam next to the Tecumseh Power Plant is1.5 miles down river of the Seward Avenue Access in east Topeka.At each location, boaters should pass under the bridges on the right (south) bank for the best chance to avoid the dropped bridge. At low water you will see railroad ties sticking our of the water.
River Mile 85.3 and River Mile 84.5 There are railroad bridges at these locations and each location has an old railroad bridge dropped into the river near the existing railroad bridge.An effort to make this area more recreationally friendly is in progress – see Fix the Topeka Dam. Paddling through the low water notch is extremely dangerous and several deaths have occurred at this location. There is a concrete portage trail running along the river between the two ramps. One is above the dam, the other is just below the dam. There are two access ramps on the left (north) bank. River Mile 87 The Topeka Water Department Dam (pictured above) – You must portage on the left bank of the river.
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