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https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217859314001592865582.0004e5b28098823213633&msa=0&ll= 34.843932,-90.356433&spn=0.009739,0.013111 http://goo.gl/maps/rGaET You can stay main channel around Cat Island and down the gauntlet of casinos, but you are in for a long
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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, pick and choose locations depending
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The Mississippi River makes a hairpin turn around Cow Island No. 48, running into the Cow Island Bend due west and turned around to exit below Cow Island in a southeasterly direction. Blue Holes form around the dikes top end at low water levels, and an ocean-sized inlet forms during
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As noted above, the long chain of forested islands found along Armstrong/Dismal/Ensley is the best camping to be found below Memphis. Approximately fifteen miles downstream of Mud Island and light years away. (Note: another beautiful location awaits another 15 miles downstream at Cat Island). Currently there are five
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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,
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A thriving jungle wilderness through the Civil War, the Delta was considered a frontier into the early 1900s for its deep forests full of giant cypresses, oaks, sweetgums, and a fantastically active wildlife including panthers (cougars) and black bear. Teddy Roosevelt hunted bear in the south Delta and declared he’
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720 Josie Harry Bar The Josie Harry Steamboat sank in 1878 and created a sandbar island that has now been assumed by the Tennessee/Mississippi shore LBD. If you are in the main channel through this area you will have a long uninterrupted stretch of rip rap and revetment to
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726-717 Armstrong/Dismal Point/Ensley Bar As noted above, the long chain of forested islands found along Armstrong/Dismal/Ensley is the best camping to be found below Memphis. Approximately fifteen miles downstream of Mud Island and light years away. (Note: another beautiful location awaits another 15 miles downstream at
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LBD 725.5 Entrance to McKellar Lake Watch for towboat traffic coming in and out of McKellar Lake Memphis Industrial Harbor, as well as workboats, crew boats and fleeted barges. Unless you purposely intend to access the harbor the fastest water and most interesting forests and islands are found along
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Life is a great mystery and we are the players. Who knows where the cycles of life will bring us in the endless spinning of tales and tapestries and flowing of energy. I have no idea. But I do know one thing: that wherever you go and whatever you do,