Rapids pace - Whitewater rafting offers challenge.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: July 5, 1998| Author: O'Connor, Michael | Copyright information

The Forks is not where it splits, but where it all comes together. Whitewater rafting, that is.

And The Forks, named for the junction where the Dead River joins the Kennebec, is the northwest Maine headquarters for New England's rafting community. Here, paddlers (rafters and, more recently, kayakers) can choose from a dozen or so outfitters, then hit the rapids for the kind of frothy river thrills formerly experienced only by loggers.

Nowadays, upwards of 80,0...

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