Boatin' on the Bartram Canoe Trail
There’s a Bartram Trail of sorts nearly everywhere you go in the Southeast. William Bartram, a native of Benjamin Franklin’s Philadelphia, was a naturalist and explorer who traveled extensively throughout the region between 1773 and 1778. “What a sylvan scene is here,” he wrote about the Mobile River Delta. His illustrated journals inspired so many Bartram Trails that it would take a lifetime to visit all of them—walking, paddling, and even by airboat. This particular Bartram Canoe Trail so far includes 150 twisting and turning miles of marked canoe trails. Another 150 miles are planned for Phase II, said Greg Lein, who assists the Alabama State Lands Division in managing the trail.
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The expanding Bartram Canoe Trail is one of many conservation efforts taking place in coastal Alabama to make this breathtaking, haunting, and riven land more accessible. Paddling here can be serene, remote, and sometimes spooky. Like when you’ve gone too far and wonder, “Where am I?” Or you’re startled by a creepy sound and ask, “What was that?” The designated trails will make you feel safer and more comfortable, but don’t be surprised if you see more gators than paddlers in there. By that I mean, in there. Delving into the underbelly of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta region, you get the feeling that you’re looking at the world from the inside out. And sometimes you want out. Bad!
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