How cool is this photo? This shot was taken by one of Whitewater Warehouse's clients looking "down the gullet" of Mule Creek Canyon on Oregon's Rogue River. This particular stretch of the Rogue River is class IV--which means lots of water, lots of fun, and lots of adrenaline rushes.
The Canyon is located about 20.5 miles inside the wild & scenic section of the Rogue River. Its rapids have some pretty descriptive names like: "Jaws," "Telfer's Hole," "The Narrows," and "Coffee Pot." With names like those, it doesn't take a huge imagination to figure out what could happen to a kayaker who decides to run the most adventurous lines!
Factoid: Mule Creek was named in the summer of 1852 when a company of soldiers from Fort Orford tried to open a trail along the Rogue River in this area. One of the men in the company (named Williamson) rode a mule named John. When the mule was turned loose to graze at the spring of this creek, it wandered off and was not found. This incident resulted in the stream being called "John Mule Creek," but the name was later shortened to the present "Mule Creek."
