River Log section: Caruthersville to Memphis
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 740.6 Wolf River Known as Riviere du Loup amongst French explorers the 105-mile long Wolf River is the last of the Tennessee Rivers you’ll pass continuing on downstream into the Delta. Nonconnah Creek enters McKeller Lake Harbor, which empties into the Mississippi fifteen miles downstream. And then
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 743 Below Lower Hickman There is a large bluff of sand on a small island just below the lower dikes of Lower Hickman (near LBD 743) that would make a beautiful med-high water camp, ideal below 20MG. It’s a small location at 25MG and goes completely under around
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 744 Lower Hickman Lower Hickman is a tangle of flood-ravaged trees and medium high forest bottoms with a few tall trees that are frequently slammed by piles of driftwood. No sand anywhere at high water. Steep muddy/sandy banks littered with driftwood & river trash. Wild place. Great place
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 745 Middle Hickman Top end of Middle Hickman boasts the tallest sandy/grassy island in the area. At flood stage it’s the about the only possibility for a dry landing along all of Hickman. The vegetation has been growing thicker through the years. Mosquitoes might be thicker too
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 746 Upper Hickman Completely under at flood stage, as the water drops a beautiful mid-island sandbar opens up and grows in size with clean large grain fields of sand lumped up and bounded by lines of willows, wild grasses, flowering plants and bushes, inlets and blues holes sometimes form
Caruthersville to Memphis
LBD 749-742 Hickman Bar https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e422a7eddf37b2559&msa=0&ll= 35.269448,-90.084801&spn=0.173228,0.225391 http://goo.gl/maps/hYtXg Several long miles downstream of Shelby Forest, after about an hour of paddling, you will encounter the
Caruthersville to Memphis
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,
Caruthersville to Memphis
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
Caruthersville to Memphis
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
Caruthersville to Memphis
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
Caruthersville to Memphis
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
Caruthersville to Memphis
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