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Kayaking on Shawsheen River - in Andover MA


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  Put in at Dale Street
  in Andover MA.
Take out at Abbot Bridge Drive
  in Andover MA.
Estimated distance
  = 2 miles
200+ feet portage
  at take out
  Ballardvale
  Dam
"Shawsheen" means
  "serpentine".
   

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Kayaking on Shawsheen River - in Andover MA

Other resources:
Shawsheen River Watershed Association
Shawsheen River Watershed Association Recreation Brochure and Map
Shawsheen River Watershed Association Recreation Brochure and Map (cached copy)


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The Ballardvale Dam on Shawsheen River in Andover Ma.
Pictures taken May 2016.


At the dead end of Dale Street in Andover MA is the access to Shawsheen River below the Ballardvale Dam.


The put in to Shawsheen River at Dale Street.


The Shawsheen River looking downstream from the put in.


At the take out on Abbot Bridge Drive in Andover, MA.





From the road side of Abbot Bridge Drive is a short walk to the river bank.


Shawsheen River at the Abbot Bridge Drive access.





Looking to the left from the take out is the Central Street bridge.