Pennsylvania, The Keystone State, is big and is beautiful. It enjoys an incredible natural, cultural, and historical diversity that just beckons anyone, resident or neighbor, to investigate. With well over 300 floatable rivers and creeks, Pennsylvania also beckons one to to explore it by canoe or kayak. For there is water everywhere, from downtown Philadelphia to the Pennsylvania Dutch farm country to the wild woods of the north. Streams are Pennsylvania.
Keystone Canoeing is your guide to 5,400 miles of canoeable streams in Pennsylvania. The focus is on the eastern two thirds of the state: those streams that drain the Potomac, Susquehanna, and Delaware basins. In addition, this guide includes a selection of the best of those streams that drain westward to the Ohio River. This book provides detailed information on distances, difficulties, aesthetics, access, culture, and human and natural history. And 166 easy-to-read maps tie this all together. This is a guide for all interests and abilities, from the wild whitewater enthusiast to the smoothwater float fisherman. It is for anybody who wants to properly plan an outing on a Pennsylvania stream.