In my 10.5' Hornbeck it is easy to come broadside to a beaver dam and carefully step out onto the jumbled sticks, maybe they are cemented and firm with mud, maybe not. Haul the canoe with gear over to the other side and re-enter. When soloing (or tandem) in a C2, the waterway may not be wide enough or the dam may not be straight enough to make a broadside exit and entry as easy, forcing a nose-in hand over hand canoe walk to the bow for exit, hoping the canoe does not drift away as I try not to bridge the hull up on the damaging sticks.