Paddling near Hattiesburg, MS

Hattiesburg, the seat of Forrest County, sits at the hub of what the Seven Rivers Canoe Club calls one of the greatest concentrations of wild and scenic rivers in the country. Seven paddling rivers — the Bouie, Leaf, Okatoma, Tallahala, Bogue Homa, Black, and Red — feed the Pascagoula River system, the last complete river system in the lower 48 virtually unobstructed by dams. Nearby Black Creek is Mississippi's only National Wild and Scenic River.