Helena to Greenville
LBD 637.5 Island 63 Chute Mark Twain relates an amusing tale set in this channel in his 1883 Life on the Mississippi concerning the steamboat the Skylark. At that time this was the main channel of the river. See chapter XXX Sketches by the Way. Mississippi River Paddlers often
Helena to Greenville
LBD 637 (Back Channel Island 63) Quapaw Landing N34.262962, W-90.744088 Steep narrow concrete ramp. Sometimes covered with mud & slippery. Quapaw Landing is usable at all water levels. Below 0HG the ramp bottoms out but this is still accessible for the paddler. Around HG 40 the concrete ramp
Helena to Greenville
LBD 584.5 Mouth of the Rosedale Harbor The best boat ramp in the area is found two miles up the Rosedale Harbor. Better maintained and easier access than Terrene landing. Possibly re-supply point. Its a 2 mile hike to reach the town of Rosedale for food & water. Safest
Helena to Greenville
LBD 587 to 584.5 Malone Field (Barge Fleeting Area) Most of the force of the river gets pushed out towards Big Island around the Terrene Dikes and a long slow-water area is found left bank descending below Great River Road State, sometimes pooling completely. A large eddy often forms
Helena to Greenville
Exit: LBD 591 The Old Channel of the White River Note: I have created a google map at the above below to view and use as reference for better comprehension while reading this section of the river through the Old Channel of the White. [CLICK HERE: Map of the Old
Helena to Greenville
LBD 591 - 587 Great River Road State Park (Note: closed since the 2011 Flood, but supposed to reopen in 2012). There are hot showers and other camper conveniences at Great River State Park, but be aware that the park is built for vehicle access, not river access. This is
Helena to Greenville
LBD 592.1 Terrene Landing After making your crossing around Victoria Bend choose a line of travel down the Mississippi shore LBD. Two miles out of the bend you will see several mansions along the bank. Past the second one, a blocky two-story affair is a wide concrete ramp. This
Helena to Greenville
596-594 Victoria Bend If you are on a time schedule or don't feel like exploring the back channel, follow the strong flow of water out of Scrubgrass Bend as it issues forth running almost due East for several miles until forced Southward by the elbow shaped Victoria Bend.
Helena to Greenville
RBD 597.5 - 580 Big Island The Mississippi runs along the Eastern edge of Big Island all of the way from the mouth of the White RIver to the Arkansas River Confluence, so you might as well make friends, -- it will be your right bank shoreline companion for
Helena to Greenville
RBD 599 Mouth of the White River Like most Mississippi River tributaries and passes, the mouth of the White River angles downstream pushed by the implacable power of the big river. Even though this is the biggest right bank tributary between St. Louis and the Arkansas, it's difficult
Helena to Greenville
Exit: LBD 598 When the river rises above 37HG an incredibly beautiful and wild-feeling secret back channel opens up behind Smith Point and is well worth entering and following down its two mile course behind the giant plateau of sand at the top of Smith Point Sandbar. It takes some
Helena to Greenville
Entrance: LBD 600.5