Red, W.Br.
Mohheccanuck Road to Red River (6.5 miles+1 mile+) ** ACCESS ISSUES **
| Difficulty | II-III(IV) |
| Length | 5.6 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 20 fpm |
| Gauge | Red River at Morgan Road Near Morgan, Wi |
| Flow Rate as of 1 hour | 125 cfsbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | September 26, 2022 |
River Description
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This entire reach lies within the Stockbridge-Munsee (Mohican Indian) Reservation, and is thereby controlled by their tribal law. Exactly as the Menominee have on their reservation, this tribe has become very protective of their right to control access to their lands. As a result, this reach should be considered 'off-limits'.
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A Tribal Sheriff lives (or, at least, did at the time of our 'exploratory' in 1994) across the river from a park at the listed put-in. When we explored this run, he volunteered to allow us to park in his driveway, so as not to fall prey to the occasional vandalism which had occurred in that park. This was good news and bad news. (1) It indicated that we were not considered to be 'trespassing' to run the river (as in the Menominee Reservation) but (2) It meant that the tribe or tribal members may be no more 'outsider/boater friendly' than in the Menominee Reservation.
From the put-in, a braided channel trips through easy rapids. The run is mostly flatwater, punctuated by a couple interesting, twisted drops. Unfortunately, due to the nature of this small stream, many of the drops are 'wooded up', making them unrunnable in full or in part.
The best action lies about a mile upstream of the confluence with the main branch of the Red, where the river slides through a twisted channel in a fun class III-ish flume. (For those familiar with the Upper Red, this confluence is a very short distance downstream from Suzie's Falls, which this final gradient would 'mirror'.)
From the confluence, one would continue downstream on the 'Upper Red'. (The put-in and u
...River Features
Put In
Drainage: 54.8 sq.mi.
(Based on USGS StreamStats 4.10.1 / 1.2.22.)
Murphy's Road / Reservation Hwy.24
Beginning of best gradient
Someplace after this location, the best gradient on this river is found: a sweet twisting, sliding drop.
Confluence: Red River
About a mile of mostly flat/flowing water brings you to the confluence with the Upper Red River (coming in from the left/north).
From this point, to most any take-out point downstream, the vast majority of land surrounding the river is no longer Stockbridge-Munsee/Mohican reservation property. (There are a few random disconnected properties.)
Road-side access
This would be the shortest reasonable access after doing the West Branch run (if one opted not to just continue with the entire rest of the run on the Upper Red).
Take Out
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