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Canal/Dead Lake Island: 3
Days/ 2 Nights |
Alabama State Lands |
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** IMPORTANT
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Use of the
floating
campsites is by
reservation
only.
Note: This trail requires the reservation of both the Canal Island and the Dead Lake platforms.
To
reserve first night at Canal Island, click
here.
To reserve second night at
Dead Lake
platform #1,
click
here
- or -
to reserve second night at Dead
Lake platform #2,
click
here.
To cancel a
reservation,
click
here. |
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Distance: miles
Start: French’s
Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk
End: Upper
Bryant’s Landing
Campsites:
Canal/Dead Lake Island
Type of trail:
river, creek, lake, and
slough
Habitats: old
river channel,
bottomland hardwood
swamp, flowing creeks,
side channel sloughs and
backwaters
Reliability: Good |
Recommended water levels:
Claiborne Dam river stages
ranging from 10 to 19 feet
on tailrace reading provide
optimum water levels for
this route. Levels from
15-18 are the absolute best
for the Globe and Bear Creek
systems. For water level
information at Claiborne
Dam, call 1-888-771-4601 or
visit
http://water.sam.usace.army.mil/
or
http://al.water.usgs.gov/ |
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This
multiple night trail would
require the reservation of
Canal Island and Dead Lake
Island floating platform
campsites. The map shows
this route leaving French’s
Lake Coastal Access Kiosk.
The trail begins in Majors
Creek working its way down
Globe Creek, into Big Beaver
Creek and Little Lake. Day
one ends on the floating
campsite located on the east
side of Canal Island. On day
two the paddlers explore Stiggins Lake, the Tensaw
River and Bayou Tallapoosa.
Day two ends on the floating
campsite in the slough
located on the west side of
Dead Lake Island. On day
three the paddlers travel up
Tensaw Lake to Upper Bryant
Landing.
Need
Directions?
Click
Here
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