Find the Fox

River Trip #1 Cornish Park, Algonquin to Fox River Shores Forest Preserve Boat Ramp - 3.5 miles This season’s river trips starts out easy with the shortest trip of the series. After a brief paddling skills review and safety talk, we’ll put in from Cornish Park. We'll start out paddling in shallow water with occasional ... Read more

Find The Fox Canoe Trip #5 Jon Duerr Woods to Ferson Creek Park – 4.45 miles We’ll begin our trip at the Jon Duerr Woods Canoe Launch at a geologically interesting place on the river. We’ll paddle past the “Five Islands”, around the largest and sharpest big bend in the river. Then it’s an easy ... Read more

Find The Fox Canoe Trip #6 Jon Duerr Woods to Ferson Creek Park – 4.45 miles We’ll begin our trip at the Jon Duerr Woods Canoe Launch at a geologically interesting place on the river. We’ll paddle past the “Five Islands”, around the largest and sharpest big bend in the river. Then it’s an easy ... Read more

Find The Fox Canoe Trip #7 Glenwood Park, Batavia to Illinois Avenue Boat Ramp, Aurora – 3.9 miles We’ll set out on this trip from a lovely riverside forest preserve on the south side of Batavia and paddle between wooded islands all the way down to the short portage at the North Aurora Dam. Then ... Read more

Find The Fox Canoe Trip #9  N. River Street Park, Montgomery to Saw Wee Kee Park, Oswego – 5.8 miles This trip begins at a riverside park in Montgomery and continues through the town’s wooded river corridor. We’ll pass the confluence of Waubonsee Creek in Oswego, paddle through the wooded islands downstream of the town ... Read more