Bartram Canoe Trail

The Delta's 200-mile-long Bartram Canoe Trail is one of the longest in the United States. It offers canoeists and kayakers 13 different routes to choose from, including three routes with floating campsites. Visit www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-adventures/ and click on "Bartram Canoe Trail" for details and reservation information.

"Traveling the Bartram Canoe Trail is the easiest way to see some of the most incredible wildlife in the country," says Alabama Department of Conservation State Land's Division Spokesman Greg Lein.

The Bartram Canoe Trail is named for explorer and naturalist William Bartram, who chronicled his travels in the late 1700s, and inspired the writings of Henry David Thoreau and 18th-century environment of Alabama, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. Bartram published an account of his adventures in 1791. Bartram's Travels became a classic and has been described by one scholar as the most astounding verbal artifact of the early republic. To learn more about the naturalist William Bartram, his travels and his association with Alabama, visit www.outdooralabama.com/outdoor-adventures/, click on "Bartram Canoe Trail" and then "William Bartram."

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