The Courses

You can choose from two courses - a Short Route (marked in blue) or a Long Route (marked in red) on the creeks and open waters of the Bay River. The camping area is the marked by the green tent at the right on the chart. Click the image below for a bigger chart.

These backwater creeks offer diverse settings that include untouched natural areas.

Along the shores of these flatwater habitats one can expect to see a variety of wildlife including mammals such as Muscrats, Beaver, White Tail Deer and others; waterfowl including seagulls, cormorrant, kingfisher, herons, egrets, and several species of ducks; songbirds like Pilliated Woodpeckers, cardinals, toehees, wrens and the list goes on; and if one is paying attention there is life hiding just below the surface - gars, schools of baitfish and several varieties of turtles.

Shorebirds work the banks in search of quick meals, they include willets, sandpipers and on the rare occassion the American Oystercatcher.

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