Mile 840.0 - Linwood Bend Boat Ramp
lbd 840 Linwood Bend Boat Ramp
Simple rough ramp laid over the revetment. Good up to flood stage, Bottoms out around 5 CuG but paddlers can always lift their canoe or kayak over the sand/mud bar deposited at bottom in low water. If you need to make landing at Booth’s Point LBD 840 (Linwood Bend Boat Ramp) ease your way mid-channel as soon as you see the bridge and make your crossing in between towboat traffic. If there is any traffic stay safely inside the green can buoy line until the coast is clear and then paddle hard across the wave train. Tune into VHF channel 13 and look both ways before crossing! The landing is one mile above the bridge. There is another Bunge grain elevator below the bridge but no landing at grain elevator.
On the other hand if you are continuing downstream, time and the river will be on your side and you can proceed following whichever line feels best.