Floating the Missouri River Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
major river in central United States
About Floating the Missouri River
The Missouri is navigable by canoe and/or powerboat from Headwaters State Park near Three Forks, however there are 8 dams between Toston and Fort Benton. Some of these dams are quite extensive and difficult to portage. Great Falls until just above Fort Benton white water conditions apply and it is generally only navigable by raft or other whitewater type boats. From the traditional head of steamboat navigation at Fort Benton, Montana to where it joins theMississippi RiveratSaint Louisis mainly free of obstruction. Below Fort Benton it is possible to float by canoe or powerboat the entire length. However the river is a series of alternating free floating stretches interrupted by lakes backed up behind major dams. Often it is necessary to portage around the dams. Generally the free flowing
Floating the Missouri River Travel Guide Sections
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