Mile 417.0 - Miles 417-414: RBD Togo Island

417-414 RBD Togo Island

About a mile below the last bump of sand (during high water) on Newtown, RBD near mile 416, you will find an opening in the wall of willows. This is the entrance to the back channel of Togo Island. Always an interesting place to make a stop and stretch your legs. Bring your camera and walk softly for and you will likely see wildlife. But don’t go too far, and be ever respectful of private property. Togo, as most Lower Miss islands is a hunting camp. Wear hunter’s orange in hunting season. For exploration by water, you can continue around the back channel of Togo Island four miles if the water is above 20 VG (slow flow) best paddling would be at 25VG or above. If the water is 18VG or below you can’t go any further than a low bridge built not far beyond the mouth of the chute at RBD 416. In Dec 2014 we found the entrance open to the first pool (which is a deep hole cut into the mud immediately beyond the mouth of the chute) open at VG 15 through a thin wall of young willows.