Narrow public boat ramp laid over the muddy bank bottoms of Grand Lake into Matthew’s Bend. Composed of broken slabs of concrete and cramped parking. This rotted concrete ramp reaches Grand Lake even at the lowest of water levels, but you might not be able to always paddle from the Lake into the main channel of the river because of a shallows at river entrance.
Vicksburg Gage At this point in the Rivergator we’ll leave the Greenville gage and switch over to the Vicksburg Gage, which is about 40 miles downstream. We’ll denote the Vicksburg Gage as “VG.” For daily river levels and weekly forecasts, go to http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/
LBD 437.7 Mouth of the Yazoo River For your final approach into Vicksburg stay with the flow left bank descending and look for the mouth of the Yazoo River. It opens up just before the first bank side industrial activity, rusted cranes, and old boats, scraps of steel and
RBD 438 King’s Point/Secret Entrance into Lake Centennia If the river is flowing bank full above 35 on the Vicksburg Gauge, you can cut through the woods here at a low place and gain access to the beautiful sparkling waters of Centennial Lake. Vicksburg paddlers sometimes use this
RBD 441-438.5 Delta Point Bar After paddling past the vast collection of grain elevators and connecting conveyor belts at Farmer’s Grain Terminal RBD 442.1 the canoeist or kayaker will see a three-mile long island, the last island above Vicksburg. This is the Delta Point Bar. You can
444 Brown’s Point Fault Line As you glide around Brown’s Point enjoying the lively currents pouring out of Paw Paw and Marshall Cut-Off and it seems like your final lap into Vicksburg is going to be an easy ride. Without warning and much to your dismay the strong
445-442 Brown’s Point The excitement is building as you round Brown’s Point. This is the last major bend of the river before you reach Vicksburg. You’ll soon be leaving the Delta. You’ll soon be seeing the bluffs. You’ll soon be quaffing beers and resupplying your