The Holtwood hydroelectric facility provides lakeside recreational opportunities and facilities for camping, hiking, picnicking, boating, sightseeing, fishing and hunting on more than 3,000 acres. Holtwood and Lake Aldred demonstrate the successful combination of power generation, recreation and land management.

For more information, please contact Inquiries.Pa@brookfieldrenewable.com Susquehanna River Hotline 1-844-430-FLOW (3569)

Please view the Holtwood River Warning Brochure. The link can located above in the “MORE INFORMATION” section

If you plan on visiting Holtwood’s whitewater feature, either to utilize for whitewater kayaking or as a spectator, please take note of the following:

• Only appropiate whitewater crafts are permitted
• Helmet and PFD are required
• Rafts & Tubes are NOT allowed

Plan your exit strategy before entering the water

Spectators must remain clear of the water

• For life threatening emergencies, please call 911
• For other water related emergencies, please call 1-877-816-7466

For more information, please contact Inquiries.Pa@brookfieldrenewable.com

Use of this feature outside the scheduled whitewater releases is STRICTLY PROHIBITED

To view restricted and prohibited areas, please click the link located above in the “MORE INFORMATION” section:

A river warning system operates for the safety of visitors below the Holtwood dam

• Be alert – heed warning signals
• Leave the riverbed area when the alarm sounds
• Information is available at access points in this area
• Susquehanna River Hotline at 1-844-430-FLOW (3569)

The 2,400-acre Lake Aldred is popular for boating and water-skiing.

Weise Island, in the middle of the Susquehanna River just north of Pequea Creek, has a natural sandy beach for day use only.

• Boat ramps for public use are available at the villages of York Furnace and Pequea
• Public marina located at York Furnace
• Please stay about a mile below the Safe Harbor Dam
• Be wary of currents at the north tip of Weise Island and on the east side of the Urey Island chain A line of buoys limits access to the Holtwood dam and its 55-foot spillway
• Boating is prohibited south (downstream) of the buoys
• Below the dam, boating is restricted downstream to the Norman Wood Bridge

Portage Assistance

For portage assistance at Holtwood Dam, a minimum of 24 hours notice is required. Please call 508-251-7744 to coordinate.

NOTE: Portage access at Holtwood is on the West Shore (river right) upstream of the dam. For safety reasons, please do not cross the buoy line that leads up to the portage take-out area. A phone is located on the shore to contact the plant upon arrival.

Fishing

Lake Aldred abounds in walleyes, bass, catfish, panfish and muskellunge.

The Holtwood dam’s tailrace – where river water leaves the power plant – is a favorite fishing site and features a handicap-accessible fishing pier

Camping

Holtwood offers two campgrounds providing more than 150 campsites in wooded settings:

Otter Creek Campgrounds

Pequea Creek Campgrounds

Lock 12 Historic Area

One of the most well-preserved locks of the old Susquehanna and Tidewater Canal

• Built between 1836 and 1839 for commerce
• Located between the greater Harrisburg area and the Chesapeake Bay

Lock 12 is located in York County along Route 372 near the Norman Wood Bridge

Holtwood’s Land and Shoreline Management Plan was developed in cooperation with state and federal resource agencies, as well as independent conservation organizations and Lancaster and York counties. It sets a framework for the management of land and shoreline in the area.

The company worked closely with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Pennsylvania Game Commission to develop a bald eagle management and monitoring plan to minimize any impact to nesting eagles. For its efforts, Holtwood received the National Hydropower Association’s Outstanding Stewards of America’s Water.

Brookfield Renewable also continues to support a broad public-private initiative to preserve this beautiful land for generations to come by transferring land to the Lancaster County Conservancy.