Created by historic flooding of the St. Francis River, the St. Francis Bar is a perennial sandbar that varies from a mile long at low water, to half a mile at medium water, and is completely submerged during high water (goes under around HG37). Beautiful picnic site, and good swimming off its white sand beaches. [CLICK HERE: Safe Swimming] Watch out for nesting least tern April through June.
657 YAZOO PASS You will travel near the historic opening of Yazoo Pass as you paddle around Montezuma Bend at mile 657. The Yazoo Pass used to connect the Mississippi to Moon Lake to the Tallahatchie River system, and was one of the many routes that Grant used trying to
661.6 HELENA BRIDGE (HERNANDO DESOTO BRIDGE -- US HWY 49) This is the only bridge in between Memphis and Greenville, over 200 miles of river. Such is the nature of the Lower Mississippi, and what makes this water trail such an attractive adventure for wilderness paddlers. The wildness of
663 RBD HELENA-WEST HELENA [CLICK HERE: Map of the Helena] Mark Twain said that Helena occupies the prettiest situations on the Mississippi River... Twain should have also added: and the driest... Thanks to Crowley's Ridge Helena has the distinction of being the only remaining population of any size
663 RBD Helena Harbor [CLICK HERE: Map of the Helena Harbor] Paddler's Note: the most prominent landmark in the Helena area is the Helena Bridge, but don't go there (yet)! The Helena Harbor is almost two miles above the bridge. If you're looking to
665.5 LBD Trotter's Pass A beautiful side trip into a primeval world where you can paddle as far as you feel comfortable doing so. Round Trip: paddle into Trotter's Pass and then turn around and paddle back and continue your journey downstream the main channel.
668-663 RBD Buck Island (Prairie Point Towhead) Buck Island was saved from auction block by the American Land Conservancy in 2008 and is now protected by a permanent wetlands easement through the NRCS, which means that it will never be forested again, and our children will one day enjoy the