Properties Accessible by Canoe and Kayak
These NCLC habitat reserves are accessible only by canoe or kayak; put in at a nearby public boat landing and paddle to the property. Walking on the property is not allowed. Most are accessible only at high tide.
Blind Slough Swamp
ACCESS: The closest kayak or canoe access is at the former Knappa Dock location, at the north end of Knappa Dock Road, 1.5 miles north of US 101 at Knappa. There is currently no formal landing or dock, but paddlers can park along the road and carry boats down the bank.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Knappa Slough/Columbia River OR on Saltwater Tides.
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Coal Creek Swamp
ACCESS: Coal Creek Swamp is accessible via the North Fork Nehalem River. The closest kayak or canoe access points are the public dock at US 101 and Tohls Street in Nehalem and Aldervale Boat Launch off Highway 53.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Nehalem/Nehalem River OR on Saltwater Tides.
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Fishers Point Habitat Reserve
ACCESS: Closest kayak or canoe access is at Wheeler Waterfront Park, just off US 101 at the foot of Rector Street in Wheeler.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Nehalem/Nehalem River OR on Saltwater Tides.
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John Day River Marsh
ACCESS: Closest kayak or canoe access is the boat landing at John Day County Park, on US 30 east of Astoria. John Day River Marsh is about 2.5 miles upstream.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Tongue Point/Columbia River OR on Saltwater Tides.
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Neawanna Estuary
ACCESS: Closest kayak or canoe access is the boat landing at Broadway Park, off Broadway Street 0.3 mile east of US 101 in Seaside.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Seaside/12th Avenue Bridge OR on Saltwater Tides.
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Sand Lake
ACCESS: Closest kayak or canoe access is at Fishermans Day Use Area, south of Sandbeach Campground in the USFS Sand Lake Recreation Area north of Pacific City.
Gauge high tide from the prediction for Nestucca Bay entrance OR on Saltwater Tides.
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