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Distance:
16 miles
Start: French’s
Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk
End: Hubbard’s
Landing (private; public
use fee associated)
Campsites:
Spoonbill Sandbar
Type of trail:
old river channel,
creek, lake, and slough
Habitats:
bottomland hardwood
swamp, flowing creeks,
side channel sloughs and
backwaters
Reliability: Good |
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Optimimal
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/
Overnight Route # 2 begins
at the French’s Lake Coastal
Access Kiosk and ends at
Hubbard’s Landing with a
stop at Spoonbill Sandbar
land based campsite.
French’s Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk is located on the
Forever Wild Land Trust’s
Clearwater Tract. To locate
French’s Lake Coastal Access
Kiosk, 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. Once the paddler
reaches the old Alabama
River channel, the route
continues downstream
(paddlers left) to the
Spoonbill Sandbar campsite.
After spending the night the
trail proceeds down the
Alabama River to Little Bear
Creek, Bear Creek, and Big
Beaver Creek and then into
the upper portion of Tensaw
Lake before reaching the end
at Hubbard Landing. |
