At its mouth the Laxey River at low water is canalised in its passage through the Laxey Harbour The Harbour dries out at this state of the tide. Also at this state of the tide (which is the state when I was there) at the end of the canalised section there are rapids before the river flows over the beach to meet the sea.
When I visited the river was in spate as there had been heavy rain the previous night and through much of the day before I arrived in the late afternoon (16:20z).
"The source of the Laxey River is located on Snaefell, the Island’s highest peak. It rushes down the side of the mountain, eventually spilling into Laxey harbour. Each season during the autumn months, salmon make their way up the river mostly taking a left turn into the Glen Roy tributary."
"The huge Laxey Wheel tributary powers the world’s largest working water wheel." The water wheel was used to pump water out of the areas extensive lead mines which thrived in the nineteenth century.
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