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Day 1, Friday, June 13; 2 Portages; 64 Miles; Mile 0 to 64.
5:00 AM Source, Lac Vieux Desert, Vilas County Wisconsin, Gogebic County Michigan.
10:00 AM Conover, Cty. Hwy. K bridge.
2:00 PM Eagle River.
3:00 PM Otter Rapids Dam, Portage
6:30 PM Rainbow Flowage Dam, Portage #2.
8:00 PM River Road, 3 miles below Rainbow Flowage.
Day 2, Saturday, June 14; 6 Portages; 64 Miles; Mile 64 to 128
5:00 AM River Road, 3 miles below Rainbow Flowage.
8:00 AM Rhinelander, and Rhinelander Dam, Portage #3.
10:00 AM Hat Rapids Dam (and Rapids Road), Portage #4.
10:30 AM Whirlpool Rapids (most difficult on Wisconsin River).
1:00 PM Highway A bridge.
2:15 PM Lake Alice & Kings Dam, Portage #5.
3:00 PM Tomahawk & U.S. Hwy. Bus. 51 bridge.
4:30 PM Lake Mohawksin & Tomahawk Dam, Portage #6.
6:30 PM Grandmother Dam, Portage #7.
8:30 PM Grandfather Dam, Portage #8.
Day 3, Sunday, June 15; 6 Portages; 72 Miles; Mile 128 to 200
5:00 AM Grandfather Dam, after Portage.
7:15 AM Alexander Dam, Portage #9.
8:00 AM Merrill and Merrill Dam, Portage #10.
10:00 AM Pine River Boat Landing off Highway W.
11:00 AM Brokaw Spillway n Shoot.
12:01 PM Wausau and Wausau Dam, Portage #11.
1:15 PM Rothschild Dam, Portage #12.
3:30 PM Mosinee and Mosinee Dam, Portage #13.
6:30 PM Lake DuBay Dam, Portage #14.
8:30 PM First Lake Boat Landing, Lakeview Dr. & U.S. Hwy. 10. Pg. 64
Day 4, Monday, June 16; 9 Portages; 57 Miles; Mile 200 to 257.
5:00 AM First Lake Boat Landing, Lakeview Dr. & U.S. Hwy. 10.
6:00 AM Stevens Point, U.S. Hwy. 10 Bridge.
6:15 AM Stevens Point Dam, Portage #15.
7:00 AM Lower Stevens Point Dam, Portage #16.
7:30 AM Whiting-Plover Spillway, Portage #17.
10:30 AM Biron Dam, Portage #18.
11:45 AM Wisconsin Rapids and Wisconsin Rapids Dam, Portage #19.
12:30 PM Centralia Dam, Portage #20.
1:45 PM Port Edwards and Port Edwards Dam, Portage #21.
2:45 PM Nekoosa and Nekoosa Dam, Portage #22.
5:00 PM Entering Pentenwell Lake, 1 Mile S. Wood County Line.
10:00 PM Pentenwell Lake Dam, Portage #23.
Day 5, Tuesday, June 17; 2 Portages; 59 Miles; Mile 257 to 316
5:00 AM Campground Boat Landing below Pentenwell Lake Dam.
6:00 AM Entering Castle Rock Lake.
9:30 AM Castle Rock Lake Dam, Portage #24.
11:30 AM Wis. Hwy. 82 Bridge Boat Landing.
2:30 PM Wisconsin Dells and Kilbourn Dam, Portage #25.
8:00 PM Portage, Boat Landing after Interstate 39.
Day 6, Wednesday, June 18; 1 Portage; 60 Miles; Mile 316 to 376
5:00 AM Portage, Boat Landing after Interestate 39.
7:00 AM Interestate 90 & 94 Bridge.
10:00 AM Merrimac and Merrimac Ferry.
12:30 PM Prairie du Sac Dam, Portage #26 (last portage).
1:30 PM Sauk City and U.S. Hwy. 12 Bridge.
3:00 PM Dane and Iowa County Line, Grape Island.
6:00 PM U.S. Hwy. 14 Bridge and Boat Landing.
6:30 PM Wis. Hwy. 23 Bridge.
8:00 PM Lone Rock & Wis. Hwy. 130 Bridge and Boat Landing.
Day 7, Thursday, June 19; 60 Miles to Miss. R.; Mile 376 to 436
66 to Prairie du Chien; Mile 376 to 442
5:00 AM Lone Rock & Wis. Hwy. 130 Bridge and Boat Landing.
8:30 AM Muscoda Boat Landing & Park.
10:00 AM Highway T Bridge, Blue River.
12:01 PM Boscobel Boat Landing U.S. Hwy. 61.
2:00 PM Harris Island near Wauzeka.
3:30 PM Hacklin Island Boat Landing on Highway C.
4:30 PM Bridgeport Boat Landing, US Hwy. 18 & Wis. 35 Bridge.
6:00 PM Mississippi River Water & Mouth of Wisconsin R., end of trip time.
7:30 PM Prairie du Chien Visitors Center and U.S. Hwy. 18 Bridge, end of trip.
JAY AND MIKE ON STAYING ON SCHEDULE
The time schedule is an estimate, an educated guess, and keeping on or ahead of schedule, will depend upon wind direction and speed; and upon current flow and river volume. We have an open canoe and if we’re facing a high wind on any of the large lakes we may not be able to proceed until the wind subsides n thus we will be behind schedule. If we encounter a thunderstorm we will have to get off the water until the storm passes.
There are twenty-six portages on the Wisconsin River that vary in length from 30 yards to over one-half mile. Although, people may want to help (carry our canoe for example on a portage) we will refuse assistance. Like the Voyagers who paddled the route 300 years ago we carry our own load.
Behind every dam is a lake where the current is slow to practically non-existent. The largest of the lakes is twenty mile long Pentenwell -- the second largest lake in Wisconsin.
Our speed can vary from six miles per hour where we have a strong current to one mile per hour where we are paddling into a stiff wind on a lake. Thus considering the difficulties of paddling the Wisconsin River from source to mouth, 436 miles, keeping on schedule will be due to more than our persistence and canoeing skill.
--Jay Thurston and Mike Kinziger
All distances and portage sites have been corroborated with the WA&G, Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer. Published by DeLorme, P.O. Box 298, Yarmouth, Maine 04096 (207) 846-7000.
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