Here's the section of the Mississippi River I'll be racing on this Saturday. The start will be at the mouth of the Saint Francis River, which you can see flowing into the Mississippi in the upper left corner of this photo. The race will end in the little harbor (Porter Bayou) just below the words "Helena-West Helena." The total distance is reported to be nine miles or about 15 kilometers.
The name of the event is the Buck Island River Race. That big island in the middle of the river is Buck Island. I read somewhere that the race course will go down the west side of Buck Island if the river is above a certain level and down the east side if the river is below that level. I can't remember where I read that or what the specified level was, but since the river is pretty low these days (9.6 feet here at Memphis), my guess is that we'll be racing down the east side, the main shipping channel.
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