Canoeing Mississippi

by Ernest Herndon

Overview

The complete guidebook for paddling the rivers and streams of Mississippi

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578062225
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Pages:	258
Sales rank:	1,065,504
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ernest Herndon is a staff writer and outdoors editor of the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He has written several books and has been published in such anthologies as The Magnolia Club: Fine Times with Nature's Finest and From Behind the Magnolia Curtain: Voices of Mississippi. See the author's Web site at www.ernestherndon.com.

Table of Contents

1.	The Rivers of Mississippi: An Overview	3
2.	Equipment and Techniques	7
	Boats	7
	Paddling	14
	Gear	18
	Camping	23
	Navigation	27
	Fishing	29
3.	The Mississippi and Its Tributaries	35
	Mississippi River	35
	Homochitto River	45
	Bayou Pierre	54
	Big Black River	61
	Yazoo River	68
	Sunflower River	74
	Yalobusha River	81
	Little Tallahatchie River	84
	Others: Wolf, Hatchie, Coldwater, Amite, Tangipahoa	86
4.	Northeast Mississippi	91
	Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway	91
	Buttahatchee River	101
	Bear Creek	104
5.	The Pascagoula River System	109
	Chunky River	109
	Chickasawhay River	114
	Buckatunna Creek	120
	Leaf River	121
	Bowie Creek	128
	Okatoma Creek	131
	Tallahala Creek	135
	Bogue Homa Creek	139
	Pascagoula River	141
	Black Creek	147
	Red Creek	155
	Escatawpa River	160
6.	Coastal Waters	167
	Gulf Islands National Seashore	167
	Biloxi River	176
	Wolf River	180
	Jourdan River	184
7.	The Pearl River Basin	189
	Pearl River	189
	Strong River	202
	Bogue Chitto River	205
	Topisaw Creek	216
	Magee's Creek	219
8.	Lakes	225
	State Fishing Lakes	226
	State Parks	229
	National Forests	232
	Oxbows	235
	National Wildlife Refuges	239
	Reservoirs	241
	Water Parks	242
	Equipment Checklist	245
	Recommended Reading	249
	Acknowledgments	251
	Index	253