This site was established to provide information and guidance to those considering a canoe trip on the West Branch and Main Stem of the Susquehanna River. When you are ready to make the trip, be sure to invest in the West Branch River Trail Guide, available here. and the Susquehanna River Trail Guide, available here.
The Susquehanna River is large, ancient, shallow and thus largely un-navigable river that flows south and east through Pennsylvania and a small portion of Maryland. At Northumberland, Pennsylvania, the Susquehanna’s two main branches combine to form the wide river paralleled by busy Route 11/15 on the west shore.
The North Branch begins in upstate New York at Lake Otsego where it flows through Cooperstown, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The West Branch rises in Western Pennsylvania, in northwestern Cambria County, amid coalfields and abandoned farm lands of the Allegheny Plateau. The river drains a large watershed within the Plateau, cutting through water gaps or meandering around to find a way through the successive high ridges that bisect Pennsylvania.
The West Branch is the best canoe-camping river in Pennsylvania. While a few other rivers offer multi-day
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