These include schools, summer camps, youth groups, church organizations, social clubs, families and many more. Affordable discounts are also available for groups involved with promoting river education. North Star's goal is to provide a fun outdoor adventure for everyone while minimizing the impact on this magnificent river. You will arrive at our 40 acre farm on the banks of the Connecticut River where we raise Suffolk-punch draft horses. You may be greeted by a flock of chickens or turkeys as you pull up to the barn.
Rental coolers are also available for a small fee.
Once you've got all you gear together, the shuttle bus will load up and head to the designated launch site. Our full day trips begin at the base of the Hartland Rapids. This is one of the last remaining sets of natural rapids left on the Connecticut River. Also know as Sumner Falls, the early Indians used this area as a place to net or spear salmon during the spring spawning runs. Today's fisherman catch good numbers of pike, smallmouth bass and trout in the pools and eddies belows falls.