Paddling Pennsylvania: A Guide to 50 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures

Bob Frye

Apr 2011 · Rowman & Littlefield

About this eBook

Pennsylvania is a paddler’s heaven and one of America’s most blessed states when it comes to total miles of rivers and streams. Add in its many lakes, and there is quite simply all kinds and manner of waters where you can set out in a canoe, kayak, or raft. Paddling Pennsylvania describes the best and most accessible routes—fifty classics in all, from Lake Erie’s Presque Isle lagoons to the Allegheny River, from the Susquehanna to the Delaware. Carefully chosen to be within the ability of most beginning to intermediate paddlers, some routes offer wilderness paddling while others are closer to population centers, but all feature good access points, great scenery, wildlife, and opportunities to have fun.

About the author

Bob Frye has not only spent most of his life hiking the mountains, fields, and hills in and around Pittsburgh, he’s also been writing about those experiences for nearly two decades.

 

A full-time journalist — Frye is outdoors editor of the Tribune-Review newspaper in Pittsburgh — he’s written countless articles on the region’s woods and wildlife for newspapers and regional and national magazines. That work has won accolades, too. He’s won numerous first place awards for his work from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Associated Press Managing Editors, and Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association.

 

Frye has been tabbed as an expert on the region’s outdoors, as well. He’s made numerous appearances on Pittsburgh TV and radio stations, discussing opportunities to get out and explore the region’s outdoors, the environment, and wildlife management. He’s also spoken to many outdoor groups.

 

Frye currently lives in North Huntingdon, just east of Pittsburgh, with his wife Amanda and sons Derek and Tyler.