Tennessee Rivers

by Lantz, Bob

• ISBN13: 9781572332324
• ISBN10: 1572332328
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr

Summary

The bible of Tennessee canoeing and kayaking, this book provides the paddling enthusiast with a description on each Tennessee stream's access points, along with large maps, water levels, and difficulty ratings. A revised edition of Lantz's "A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Tennessee, it includes new information and improved maps--eighty in all.

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	xi
Jim Casada, Series Editor
Acknowledgments	xv
Part 1. The State, Its Rivers, and the Elements of Paddling	1	(26)
Tennessee's Geologic Diversity	3	(8)
Mountains, Ridges, and Valleys	3	(3)
Cumberland Plateau	6	(1)
Cumberland Valley	7	(2)
Tennessee Valley-West	9	(1)
Mississippi Plain	9	(2)
Prepare to Paddle	11	(16)
The Paddler	11	(1)
Personal Life Jackets	12	(1)
Hardware-The Canoe	13	(2)
Hardware Continued-The Outfitting	15	(2)
Hardware Continued-The Paddle	17	(2)
Software-Your Personal Outfitting	19	(2)
Training	21	(1)
Scouting the River	22	(2)
Determine a Car Shuttle	24	(1)
The Paddling Party	24	(1)
Let's Go Paddling	25	(2)
Part 2. River Descriptions	27	(186)
Mountains, Ridges, and Valleys	29	(56)
Doe River	29	(3)
Watauga River	32	(1)
Holston River	32	(6)
French Broad River	38	(1)
Abrams Creek	39	(6)
Citico Creek	45	(3)
Upper Tellico River	48	(3)
Lower Tellico River	51	(1)
Powell River	52	(1)
Clinch River	52	(8)
Nolichucky River	60	(1)
Nolichucky Gorge	60	(1)
Lower Nolichucky River	61	(5)
Pigeon River	66	(3)
Little Pigeon River, Middle Prong	69	(1)
Little Pigeon River, West Prong	69	(2)
Little River of Sevier and Blount Counties	71	(3)
Ocoee River (Whitewater Section)	74	(6)
Lower Ocoee River	80	(1)
Hiwassee River	80	(2)
Conasauga River	82	(3)
Cumberland Plateau	85	(49)
Stinking Creek, Hickory Creek, and Clear Fork of Campbell County	85	(3)
Big South Fork River System	88	(9)
Clear Fork River	88	(1)
New River	89	(3)
White Oak Creek	92	(1)
North White Oak Creek	93	(1)
Big South Fork Gorge	94	(1)
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River (Leatherwood Ford to Lake Cumberland)	94	(3)
Wolf River of Fentress and Pickett Counties	97	(2)
Obey River, East Fork	99	(1)
Obey River, West Fork	99	(4)
The Obed-Emory River System	103	(19)
White Creek	108	(1)
Clear Creek (US 127 to Obed River)	108	(5)
Daddys Creek	113	(3)
Obed River	116	(4)
Crab Orchard Creek	120	(1)
Emory River	121	(1)
Piney Creek of Rhea County	122	(1)
Little Sequatchie River	123	(2)
Big Fiery Gizzard Creek	125	(1)
Sequatchie River	125	(8)
North Chickamauga Creek	133	(1)
Cumberland Valley	134	(38)
Dale Hollow Lake Canoe Trail	134	(1)
Obey River	134	(1)
Roaring River System	135	(5)
Flat Creek	135	(1)
Spring Creek	135	(4)
Blackburn Fork	139	(1)
Roaring River	139	(1)
Calfkiller River	140	(3)
Collins River	143	(5)
Falling Water River	148	(1)
Smith Fork Creek	148	(1)
Lower Caney Fork River	149	(1)
Bledsoe Creek	149	(4)
The Stones River System	153	(5)
Stones River, East Fork	153	(2)
Stones River, Middle Fork	155	(1)
Stones River, West Fork	155	(3)
Sycamore Creek	158	(1)
Big Turnbull Creek	159	(1)
Harpeth River	159	(9)
West Harpeth River	168	(1)
The Red River System	168	(4)
Sulphur Fork Creek	171	(1)
Tennessee Valley-West	172	(30)
Elk River	172	(5)
Buffalo River	177	(4)
Duck River	181	(11)
Big Swan Creek	192	(1)
Piney River of Middle Tennessee	192	(4)
Beech River	196	(1)
Big Sandy River	196	(6)
Mississippi Plain	202	(11)
Western Tennessee Overview	202	(2)
Reelfoot Lake	204	(2)
The Forked Deer River System	206	(1)
Forked Deer River, North Fork	206	(1)
Forked Deer River, Middle Fork	206	(1)
Forked Deer River, South Fork	206	(1)
The Hatchie River	207	(1)
Wolf River of Shelby and Fayette Counties	207	(6)
Appendix: Easy River and Canoeing Terms	213