Bynum Accesses Update
The Highway 64 Bridge Access is open and mostly restored after the damage caused by tropical storm Chantal. Robeson access is open and somewhat restored. The new Bynum Mill access will be open very soon. To find out more on …
Author: Alton Chewning
Kayak Kiosks
Kayak Kiosks Carolina Paddler presents the Future of Paddling series An article by Alton Chewning ∞ You’re visiting a new place. Perhaps you didn’t intend to paddle or you didn’t want the bother of bringing your boat and gear. You …
NCSU Paddler Survey
A Riverkeeper friend sent this survey. The survey is to benefit state agencies, primarily the Wildlife Resources Commission, to determine how to best to spend their pennies and give the public, in this case, the paddling public, what is most …
How to Park Your Kayak
By Teresa Gryder A Carolina Paddler Shared Article ∞ It may seem like a simple thing, unlikely to be of real import. You just park it. But a trip this spring got me thinking that more needs to be said. …
A Bridge Too Far
A BRIDGE TOO FAR A paddling trip on the SF Bay A Carolina Paddler Article Photography and Text by Alton Chewning This article was written in 2010. It was my first paddling-related story. ∞ Our family usually waits until mid-June …
July 2025 Carolina Paddler Table of Contents
Carolina Paddler Table of Contents Here are the articles posted in July of 2025. Exploring Central North Carolina by Zach Schiada Part One: Discovering Whitewater Nuggets in the Piedmont Zach explains his methods of safely exploring little known creeks and streams. …
Part Two of Exploring Central North Carolina
Exploring Central North Carolina, Part Two a Carolina Paddler Article by Zach Schiada ∞ In part one I described how I search for creeks to explore. In this second part, I discuss other hazards I’ve come across and give tips …
Chantal on the Haw
Chantal on the Haw A Carolina Paddler article Photography and Text by Alton Chewning ∞ Joe Berry and I paddled the upper Haw yesterday, a section from Saxapahaw to Union Bridge, about four miles. It wasn’t exactly a pleasure cruise, …
Exploring Central North Carolina
Alton Chewning on Mendenhall Falls (Richland Creek, March 2023). Photo by Zach Schiada
Exploring Central North Carolina Part One: Discovering Whitewater Nuggets in the Piedmont a Carolina Paddler Article By Zach Schiada ∞ Exploratory paddling is a niche category in the whitewater world at least for folks in the flatter Piedmont of North …
June 2025 Carolina Paddler Table of Contents
Carolina Paddler Table of Contents Here are the articles posted in June of 2025: Richard Hopley, Oci-One-Kanubi by Alton Chewning A portrait of Richard, the Oci-One. The Best and Worst of the Lower Little River By Jim Butler Small rivers …