Kinzua Dam and Big Bend Canoe Launch Welcome! Each photograph in this series of web pages leads downstream from the Kinzua Dam. This is the most popular trip in the area. To get an idea of what you might see and do, just click on each photo.
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Canoe livery services
in the Warren, Pennsylvania
area bring equipment and
paddlers right to the launch at
the Big Bend Visitors' Center
on Route 59 just below
New! Catered Kayaking for Women. On 8
different Wednesdays this summer and fall,
Allegheny Outfitters is offering "Women on
the Water," a special service just for
beginners. Package includes lunch,
instruction, equipment, and camaraderie.
See details here.
Click on photo to float downstream
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Allegheny River canoe rental
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the Kinzua Dam. For more information on
reasonable rates for renting canoes for trips of
varying distances visit Allegheny Outfitters.
or Allegheny Indian Waters. Indian Waters
offers one, two, and three day trips ranging
from 5 to 45 miles of canoeing, several
starting right here at the dam.
Downstream in Tionesta another canoe
service offers reasonable rates at Eagle Rock
Canoe and Kayak Rental. Their service
includes transportation to Big Bend at the dam
for overnight trips. Tionesta is the future home
of the Pennsylvania Hunting and Fishing
Museum.
Also check out Allegheny Wilderness Outfitters
in Tionesta.
Ready to buy your own canoe or already have
one? Get all the gear you need in nearby
Youngsville at Wiggers Canoes.
The U.S. Congress has designated an 85-mile stretch of the Allegheny-- from Kinzua
Dam to Warren and from the Buckaloons Recreation Area to Tionesta-- as a
"Recreation Waterway" under The Federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.