Red, W.Br., Wisconsin, US

Mohheccanuck Road to Red River (5.6 miles+5 miles) ** ACCESS ISSUES **

Gauge Information

River Description

This entire reach lies within the Stockbridge-Munsee (Mohican Indian) Reservation, and is thereby controlled by their tribal law. In recent years, I have received information that the tribe has become much more protective of their lands. It may be possible to obtain permission from tribal sheriff or other tribal officials (to prevent being cited for trespass on reservation lands to run the river) in general it is far more likely this reach should be considered 'off-limits'.

A Tribal Sheriff lives (or, at least, did at the time of our 'exploratory' in 1994) across the river from the park at the suggested put-in. When we explored this run, he volunteered to allow us to park in his driveway, citing occasional vandalism which has occurred in the 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 "boater/outsider 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 comes 0.6 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" (also OFF-LIMITS). One could take out at an 'alternate put-in' (which was used for those wanting a shorter 'upper Red' trip, skipping Suzie's Falls) or continuing downstream to do the rest of that 'upper Red' run, ending at it's take-out point (adding 5 miles to the listed length of this run).