Paddling — Flatwater.
The Grand River through the County of Brant runs flatwater on a Canadian Heritage River — designated 1994, with the County's reach part of the 300 km designated stretch. Glen Morris is the upstream put-in; Brant Conservation Area south of Paris is the main mid-river access; the Paris-to-Brantford section runs the lower County reach.
The Nith River joins the Grand at Paris, adding a tributary route into the confluence.
The brief.
The County of Brant's Grand River reach is flatwater paddling for canoes, kayaks, and SUPs — not whitewater. Brant Conservation Area south of Paris is the main mid-river paddle access, with put-in / take-out and group-camping facilities.
From Glen Morris (upstream of Paris) down to the Brantford line, the river flows through woodlot, river-flat, and floodplain. Pinehurst Lake near St.
George offers sheltered small-lake flatwater paddling — a separate water from the Grand. Watershed-scope note: the brown-trout tailwater the Grand is best known for sits upstream of Brant near Fergus and Belwood Lake — the County of Brant reach is warmwater and not the same fishery.
Best season is May through October.
4. places.
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Grand River — Glen Morris to Paris section
Flatwater paddling on the upstream Brant reach of the Canadian Heritage Grand River; access through Brant CA.
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Grand River — Paris to Brantford section
Flatwater on the lower Brant reach; ends at the Brantford boundary.
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Nith River — Paris confluence
Tributary paddling joining the Grand at Paris.
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Pinehurst Lake
Sheltered small-lake flatwater paddling on the 250-acre kettle lake near St. George.
Today's read.
Temperature (2.3°C) below the typical range.