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LBD 732 Hole in the Wall #2 As you’re paddling downstream look for a gaping opening in the rip-rap LBD which you can paddle through if you so desire. As you approach you will notice that the natural bankside of trees and mud retreats ever further behind an unnatural
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733 President's Island Boiling out Memphis and riding the fast water of the main channel the downstream the canoeist or kayaker will be buoyed increasingly westward and even northwestward by the hulking teardrop shape of President’s Island (which is actually a compound island joined by its sister
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734.7 The Old Bridge (Memphis & Arkansas Bridge) This bridge cost $10.5 million and as part of Interstate 55, it connects Arkansas with Tennessee. Unfortunately it was not built to withstand an earthquake and can't be retrofitted with seismic protection. When this bridge opened it meant
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734.7 The Ghost Bunker On the eastern end of Harahan Bridge is a bunker made of granite whose walls have seen some horrible scenes. This area is said to be haunted. The bunker is now known as The Ghost Bunker or The Strange Room. It sits on the exact
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734.7 Lower Bridges/Engineer’s Bar Engineer’s Bar is a giant sandbar at low water but quickly disappears as the river rises, and is completely swamped in medium water MG20 with only a few narrow bars clinging to various places along the right bank. Don’t camp here
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734.7 The Harahan Bridge This is the only railroad bridge between St. Louis and the Gulf of Mexico that is also used simultaneously by pedestrians and vehicles. It was originally named The Rock Island Bridge and was renamed after James T. Harahan, the president of Rock Island Railroad who
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734.7 The Frisco Bridge It must be a law that any type of architectural structure in Memphis should have more than one name. The Frisco Bridge is no exception. Its original name was The Great Bridge at Memphis. Later that was shortened to “The Memphis Bridge,” and commonly referred
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LBD Mile 736 Memphis, Tennessee, Mud Island Harbor https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zuHKMJCfTcpQ.kUYIvKgH8J_0 One of the most memorable experiences along the Lower Mississippi is entering and leaving the city of Memphis, which straddles the 4th Chickasaw Bluff and shimmers like a mirage on the floodplain
John Ruskey — Jul 30, 2025 — Natchez: 34.4 ft
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701 Gold Strike Casino The highest building in the State of Mississippi is the 29-story tall hotel of the Gold Strike Casino which shimmers like a golden mirage over the face of the river when viewed from upstream or downstream. It is anchored into one of the deepest alluvial floodplains
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Pickett Dikes Back Channel Only possible during high water. Good route to follow in high water for landing at Tunica Riverpark Museum. Stay LBD below Cat Island and follow bankside trees as close as possible for wildlife and scenic interest. Tunica Riverpark Museum Boat Ramp LBD 699.5 Wide well
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711-705 Cat Island No. 50 Cat Island is the biggest and wildest Island in this stretch of river boasting deep hardwood forests, willow/cottonwood flats, wild floodplain fields, and miles upon miles of sandbars and (at low/med water) gravel bars. Supreme camping found surrounding the island on all sides,