Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Yarmouth, Royal River, ME

There are several small-craft facilities on the river below the bridge, with electricity, gasoline, diesel fuel, water, ice, provisions, marine supplies, pump-out stations, small-craft launching ramps and dry, covered or open winter storage available. Lifts to 60 tons and a marine railway that can handle craft up to 50 feet long or 20 tons are available for hull, engine and electronic repairs.
Navigation:
The approach section of the channel is State maintained. In 2008, the controlling depth was 3.5 feet (6.6 feet at midchannel) from Buoy 4 to Buoy 18, thence 3.8 feet to the basin, with depths of 1.7 to 6.0 feet available in the basin except shoaling to bare in the northeast corner. In 1993, shoaling to an unknown depth was reported in the vicinity of Royal River Channel Buoy 2. The channel is marked by buoys. Falls in the river are about 0.3 mile above the turning basin.