Great Loop: Big Bayou Canot
Mike out Exploring November 18th, 2021 Towboat captains use landmarks to identify their position on the river. Sometimes they make sense and correspond with features on your charts. Then sometimes they don't, so you have to use your imagination. Here is one of those features where the reference name differs from that noted on the charts. The "Dolly Parton Bridge" I would like to share that the north entrance to Big Bayou Canot is to starboard, as you head downriver, and just beyond the Dolly Parton Bridge. Big Bayou Canot was our final anchorage on the Black Warrior River. The shores were lined with cypress trees streaming long strands of Spanish Moss. The north opening was deep and wide. We anchored a quarter mile short of an island with some old fishing cabins. The water was moving faster than expected, but we were under tidal influence from Mobile Bay, about 20 miles south. To contend with the current, we deployed ...