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Originally Posted by Scubawise
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We have made four of them over the years. By far the most interesting is Caddo Lake (the largest natural lake in Texas). The boat tours leave Uncertain, Texas (or KarnacK) and go through the abandon oil fields past, the river boat turning basin (dug in 1890) and up to the river landing at Jefferson, Texas. The boat is covered to keep the Water Moccasins from dropping from the Bald Cyprus into the boat. <https://cityofuncertain.com/caddo-lake-tours/>
The Mississippi/Red River was not navigable by steam river boat up to Jefferson, TX until the Army Corps of Engineers contracted with Capt Shreve to clear the snags and rafts from the Red River in 1832.
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