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Old Cove Canoe and Kayak
Old Cove Canoe and Kayak

Old Cove Canoe and Kayak

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Old Cove Canoe and Kayak is a kayak & canoe livery in St Clair. Trip lengths range from 2-3 hours for a 4.5-mile short float to 4-6 hours for a 9.5-mile long float, and all trips include a shuttle upstream to the put-in.

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Disciplines
Kayaking, Canoeing

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Around here

Around Old Cove Canoe and Kayak

Pin Oak RV Resort4.9 miRV Self-Park20.9 mi10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1921 to 2026

The water at Old Cove Canoe and Kayak typically runs highest in March, at a median 536 cfs, and lowest in September, at 56 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 63,000 cfs, in 1983.

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Typical flow by month at Bourbeuse River at Union, MO, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January22596 to 536
February297152 to 658
March536279 to 1,130
April508268 to 1,110
May355181 to 935
June227107 to 515
July10458 to 212
August7046 to 137
September5640 to 115
October6040 to 121
November10856 to 318
December16870 to 479

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 105 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bourbeuse River at Union, MO (site 07016500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Sun

86Go/ 100

FogHigh 65°F, low 31°FRain 0%Wind 8 kt, gusts 13

Streamflow

49 cfs

Normal (26th)

Water level

3.11 ft

Air quality

39 Good

Arnold West monitor, 43 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 15 ft. NWS reads 3.11 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Missouri Department of Natural Resources via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.