Canoeing and kayaking Houston waterways
By: Natalie H. Wiest ; maps by Jerry Moulden
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: River books
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781603447645; 9781603447751
Subjects: Guidebooks; Canoes and canoeing; Waterways; Rivers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The natural world; title: Is the water safe?; title: Do I have a legal right to be here?; title: Guidelines for safe boating; title: Day-paddle checklist; title: What boat to float?; title: Paddles; title: Organization of the guide; title: Paddler's vocabulary; title: Notes on maps; title: 1. East Bay, Eastern Trinity Bay, and the Neches-Trinity Coastal Basin. Bolivar Peninsula ; East Bay ; East Bay Bayou ; Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge ; Smith Point, East Galveston Bay, and Eastern Trinity Bay ; Lone Oak Bayou ; Double Bayou ; East Shore, Trinity Bay; title: 2. Trinity River System. Above Lake Livingston: Bedias Creek ; Lake Livingston ; Double Lake Recreation Area ; Trinity River access points ; Picketts Bayou ; Champion Lake ; Turtle Bayou ; Lake Anahuac ; Old River ; Old River Lake ; Lost River and Lost Lake ; John Wiggins Bayou ; Lake Charlotte Complex ; Cotton Lake ; Trinity Bay West; title: 3. Trinity-San Jacinto Basin. Cedar Bayou ; Goose Creek ; Highlands Reservoir; title: 4. San Jacinto River Basin. Lake Conroe ; Lake Raven ; West Fork, San Jacinto River ; Peach Creek ; Luce Bayou ; East Fork, San Jacinto River ; San Jacinto River below Lake Houston ; Cypress Creek ; Spring Creek ; Lake Woodlands ; Greens Bayou ; Buffalo Bayou ; Brays Bayou ; Sims Bayou ; Vince Bayou ; Sheldon Reservoir and Carpenter's Bayou; title: 5. San Jacinto-Brazos Coastal Basin. Clear Creek and Clear Lake ; Taylor Bayou and Taylor Lake ; Armand Bayou complex ; Armand Bayou access points ; Dickinson Bayou ; west coast of Galveston Bay ; Highland Bayou ; Basford Bayou ; Halls Bayou ; Chocolate Bayou ; Austin and Bastrop Bayous ; Oyster Creek ; Lower Oyster Creek; title: 6. West Bay and Galveston Island. Galveston Island State Park ; Pelican Island ; West Galveston Bay ; Christmas Bay ; Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; title: 7. Brazos River Basin. Brazos River; title: Navasota River; title: 8. San Bernard River Basin. San Bernard River ; Cedar Lakes ; Caney Creek; title: 9. Colorado River Basin. Colorado River; title: Appendix: Organizations that may put you on the water.