Wabash River Guide BookThis is a practical guidebook to navigating the Wabash River and traveling along the river its entire length from Ft. Recovery, Ohio, through Indiana, to its confluence with the Ohio River at the Indiana/Illinois border. It includes detailed navigational charts, geographic and historical information about the river, along with the location of landmarks, hazards, bridges, ramps, tributaries, fuel and supplies. It contains a section called "Reading the River," which has advice for traveling the river safely. It also includes GPS readings, aerial photos, and descriptions and maps of roads adjacent or leading to the river. Available as a download to your device as an ebook. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 7 |
Section 4 | 23 |
Section 5 | 25 |
Section 6 | 31 |
Section 7 | 39 |
Section 8 | 41 |
Section 9 | 43 |
Section 10 | 45 |
Section 11 | 61 |
Section 12 | 63 |
Section 13 | 65 |
Section 14 | 71 |
Common terms and phrases
beaches Beaver Creek Bluffton boat launching ramp boat ramp Bridge at mile Bus U.S. camp Campground canoes confluence Covered Bridge Creek CR cut-off Elevation flood flowing food and supplies Francisville Grayville Harmony State Park hazards high water Huntington Dam Huntington Lake Hutsonville ILLINOIS INDIANA INDIANA CR landmarks left bank located log jams Logansport low water mild rapids miles downriver Mississinewa Mississinewa River mouth nice Ohio River old channel old river paddlers Pedestrian Bridge Prophetstown State Park put-in railroad bridge Rd CR Rd N WOUABACHE Rd River Rd reading the river remote Ribeye Island right bank river bed river mile river stage RIVER TRAVEL TIP river trip riverfront rocks running aground Salamonie sand bar steer stop-over Sugar Creek supplies and fuel take-out Terre Haute Tippecanoe River Towpath Rd tributaries upriver Vermilion River Wabash Rd Wabash River walk Watch watercraft White River WOUABACHE E