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Canal
Island: 2 Days/ 1 Night |
Alabama State Lands |
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** IMPORTANT
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Use of this
floating
campsite is by
reservation
only.
To
reserve, click
here.
To cancel a
reservation,
click
here. |
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Distance:
11 +/- miles
Start: French’s
Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk
End: Hubbard’s
Landing
Campsites: Canal
Island Floating Platform
Type of trail:
creek, lake, and slough
Habitats:
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 readings 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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The
Canal Island overnight trail
begins at the French’s Lake
Coastal Access Kiosk,
located on the Forever Wild
Land Trust’s Clearwater
Tract. Get to French’s Lake
Coastal Access Kiosk, by
traveling north of Stockton,
AL on Highway 225/59 follow
signs to the Upper Delta
Wildlife Management Area and
then follow signs to
French’s Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk. The map shows
French’s Lake is a small
slough-like area on Major’s
Creek, prior to the creek
splitting into several
channels. The multiple
channels can be confusing,
so it is important for users
to closely follow the marked
route. The first day begins
with a paddle down Globe
Creek which follows a
generally southerly
direction into Big Beaver
Creek, then in a generally
westerly direction upstream
in Big Beaver Creek to
Little Lake and ending at
the floating campsite in the
east side of Canal Island.
Day two end at Hubbard’s
Landing after paddling back
down Big Beaver Creek and
into Tensaw Lake. |
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