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Clear Lake is aptly named. The headwaters of the McKenzie River, the lake is ultraoligotrophic, or crystal clear, permitting views deep into a subterranean world with an interesting geological and bio
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The area around Beacon Rock in the Columbia Gorge offers spectacular scenery and interesting islands to circumnavigate. It also offers strong winds, strong currents, rough water, cold water, and comme
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Paddling in the Columbia Gorge is more like ocean kayaking than river paddling. The waters are open, windy, tidal, often rough, and often populated by large commercial craft, particularly tugs and bar
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The Deschutes River begins at Little Lava Lake as a high mountain stream that follows the Cascade Lakes Highway. It eventually becomes a major whitewater river as it flows north to the Columbia. Along
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Fish Lake (one of several Fish Lakes in Oregon) is an attractive mountain lake just west of the Cascade crest near Santiam Pass. Its only disadvantage is a short paddling season. The season gets a lat
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Hosmer Lake is a special place. Lying at nearly 5000 feet near the Cascades Lake Highway west of Bend, Hosmer Lake has it all: clear water, narrow channels, open water, acres of lily pads and rushes,
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The Little Deschutes is a gentle, heavily meandered river that joins the main Deschutes River near Sunriver, south of Bend. Nearly 100 miles long, it begins far to the south in Klamath County. The sec
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The Atlas of Oregon Lakes describes the setting of Scott Lake as “one of the most beautiful in the Cascades.” You don’t need to be an expert on the subject of Oregon lakes to agree; just paddle a shor
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Sparks Lake is simply one of the best paddling lakes in Oregon. Situated at the feet of South Sister, Broken Top, and Mount Bachelor, the scenic vistas are grand. The lake offers swampy marshes, open
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Three Creek Lake is a small, clear lake in a dramatic alpine setting in the central Oregon Cascades south of the town of Sisters. The lake lies just below 9175foot Broken Top and 7700-foot Tam McArthu
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A huge, high mountain lake in a near-wilderness setting, Waldo Lake is unique. One of the largest, highest, deepest, and clearest lakes in the Northwest, Waldo Lake has no significant inlet streams. I
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