BAY SPRINGS LAKE, MS TO SMITHVILLE, MS

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

Day 79
Miles Traveled: 35
Total Miles Traveled: 1667

 

  We completed our travels of "The Divide" and began traveling the "Canal Section" of the Tenn-Tom Waterway.  This section consists of  dams and pools connected to form a nine foot waterway along the canal.  The entire "Canal Section" is about 55 miles long and consists of  six locks. The locks along this section are all identical and relatively close together with some being only five miles apart.  This section starts after Whitten Lock.

Leaving Whitten Lock

  The convoy of "Seahorse", "Raydiance", and "Bodacious" started at Whitten lock and continued for most of the day.

Convoy starting down the "Canal Section" after leaving Whitten Lock

  We went through a total of four locks, and in between these locks, the scenery was mostly nature.  In one day, we had gone a little more than half way and through half of the locks on the "Canal Section".

"Canal Section" of Tenn-Tom

  We dropped our anchor just upriver from Smithville Marina.  This anchorage was not very protected.  We had some wind and chop, so the boat moved around and waves kept a constant melody going, but we were safe and out of harms way.  Not one of the best anchorages, but one of the better ones in this section of the waterway.