Bartram Canoe Trail The Bartram Canoe Trail
 The Mobile-Tensaw Delta is our nation’s second largest river delta. It encompasses a 10 mile-wide marsh, cypress-tupelo swamp and bottomland hardwood ecosystem. The Delta has over 50 rare and endangered plant and animal species known to inhabit its wetlands and waterways. The Bartram Canoe Trail system provides opportunities for recreational boaters, specifically canoes and kayakers, to enjoy the rivers, streams, lakes sloughs and bayous of the Delta. Currently the Alabama Department of Conservation State Lands Division maintains day use and overnight trails as well as two land-based and four floating platform campsites.
To view the trail system and reserve a floating camping platform click here.
Learn more about the naturalist William Bartram, his travels and his association with Alabama.
Read more about 'Bama Boatin' on the Bartram Canoe Trail at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8502238/
Due to low water levels in the upper portions of the Bartram Canoe Trail system (Globe Creek) the French’s Lake Coastal Access Kiosk will be closed until further notice as a launch point for the Bartram Canoe Trail. Paddlers planning on using the Spoonbill Sandbar Campsite should launch at Holley Creek or Boatyard Landing. Those planning on using Canal Island should launch at Hubbard Landing. For more information contact Chris Smith at 334-242-3409.
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