I think with adequate funding into nuclear we could figure out a way to bypass the making of steam to turn a turbine and come up with a way to make a solar panel that directly absorbs x-rays.
The owner of Petit canoe rental gigs suckers in the winter time out there, but he has lived there his whole life. There is zero chance I would be on that river at night in a boat, there are huge boulders.
Bryant would be much easier to run but it would depend more on water levels. IMO its a not worth it as I have heard nothing about a spring striper run, only catching them at different times of the year when the lake is really high.