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
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.
Virtual canoe trip from Kinzua Dam
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Route 59 just below 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.