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RBD 754-747.5 Back Channel of Brandywine Island https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e3e456c1e1d09be20&msa=0&ll= 35.304444,-90.114927&spn=0.021364,0.045447 http://goo.gl/maps/YSBFJ The top end of Brandywine opens up like a yawning great blue heron,
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LBD 754-745 Meeman Shelby Forest State Park Meeman Shelby Forest State Park straddles the Third Chickasaw Bluff thirteen miles north of Memphis, with nine miles of big river frontage and some of the best examples of the dense temperate jungles that once crowded the Lower Mississippi Valley. The downstream paddler
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LBD 752.7 Shelby Forest Boat Ramp Concrete revetment ramp that bottoms out in layers of thick mud at low water (but fortunately serviced by State Park Maintenance). Serviceable at all water levels up to flood stage. Huge parking area. Often used by towboats for crew changes. Excellent start place
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LBD 752.7 Shelby Forest Boat Ramp Concrete revetment ramp that bottoms out in layers of thick mud at low water (but fortunately serviced by State Park Maintenance). Serviceable at all water levels up to flood stage. Huge parking area. Often used by towboats for crew changes. Excellent start place
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LBD 758-754 Densford Bar and Dikes/Hen and Chicks https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e3dc347d5a71fc9e0&msa=0&ll= 35.397796,-90.042486&spn=0.042679,0.090895 http://goo.gl/maps/xmW5D Main Channel vs. Back Channel Main Channel: 4.75 miles (1 hour
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Exit Behind Dean Island RBD 761.5 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e43a6af952f1925d3&msa=0&ll=35.52105,-89.955711&spn=0.086065,0.180931 http://goo.gl/maps/53RC8 An unusually long back channel can be accessed here for the adventuresome canoeist or
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RBD 761.5-757 Back Channel of Dean Island https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e4168e0d4ef2771bf&msa=0&ll= 35.44382,-90.018024&spn=0.086427,0.09141 http://goo.gl/maps/mnfqr Note: If you intend on camping on Dean Island, stay Main Channel where
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RBD 761.5-757 Dean Island Visit Google Maps while reading about Dean Island: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e4168e0d4ef2771bf&msa=0&ll= 35.44382,-90.018024&spn=0.086427,0.09141 http://goo.gl/maps/mnfqr Note: This google map depicts Dean Island during
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RBD 767 Island 35 Boat Ramp Abandoned ramp. No access. Island has been privatized by landowners in an exclusive hunting club. On river’s edge you might notice an off-white ramshackle dwelling whose porch is collapsing over the rip-rap just upstream of landing. This is the site of a legendary
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RBD 767.6-761.5 Island 35 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e43a6af952f1925d3&msa=0&ll=35.52105,-89.955711&spn=0.086065,0.180931 http://goo.gl/maps/53RC8 From the main channel of the river 6,000 acre Island 35 seems rather a
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LBD 766-763 Below Richardson Landing Dikes & Bar Huge sandbar at low water, small at medium, completely disappears in high water. Best picnicking top end. Not recommended for camping unless darkness is settling on you and you have no other option. Exposed location, difficult access to the shelter of trees
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LBD 768 Randolph’s Landing/Duvall’s Boat Ramp Wide concrete ramp with huge parking lot, set perpendicular to river over the rip-rap. Parking lot notorious hell-raising party place amongst locals. Do not leave your vehicle overnight. Safeguard all valuables out of sight even if just for a day trip.