Boktuklo Creek

Original river description courtesy of Southwest Paddler. Used by permission. Updated by David McDonald. This page is under construction, check back for updates. - 5/09/2006

Note

This run flows almost entirely through the Three Rivers WMA (450,000 acres) - a cooperative agreement between the ODWC and Weyerhaeuser, the land owner. An annual permit is required to access this land. Fees are $16.00 for residents and $25.00 for non-residents. Permits and free maps are available where hunting and fishing licenses are sold. Three Rivers permit holders are also allowed to access the nearby Honobia Creek WMA, home to more remote and seldom run streams.

Narrow ledgy creek, flows into Mountain Fork at 'the Narrows'.

Flowing northwest to southeast into the Upper Mountain Fork River near 'The Narrows' and just below Smithville is southeastern Oklahoma's Boktuklo Creek, a short but very exciting whitewater stream with Class II to III ledge drops, a tight, twisting channel, boulder garden rapids and incredible scenery. The creek is in the very remote and undeveloped McCurtain County near the Arkansas and Texas state lines. It is also very near the Upper and Lower Mountain Fork, Glover, Little and Kiamichi Rivers, as well as Big Creek, Eagle Fork Creek and Buffalo Creek. Boktuklo is hardly a perpetual flow stream, depending entirely upon recent local rainfall in heavy doses to make it navigable, but its close proximity to so many other great streams makes it another asset in the treasure of Oklahoma rivers, creeks and streams.

With a gradient of about 40 fpm in the lower sections, this is not the place for novice paddlers or others without sufficient whitewater skills and the proper boats and gear. In fact, its remoteness and difficulty demand that boaters be prepared to encounter and overcome any number of obstacles that include moderate drops, techical maneuvers, tree and

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