Mississippi River Expeditions brings wilderness adventures, energy to Mud Island
Matthew Burdine’s canoe tour business, Mississippi River Expeditions, now has a new location at Mud Island River Park. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The Mississippi River’s edge has been home to Memphis’ only canoe excursion company since its inception, but the company’s new location on Mud Island is injecting fresh energy into the area’s aging river park.
For the last five years, Mississippi River Expeditions has met and checked in its river adventurers and conducted business in the open air near Mud Island’s enormous boat ramp.
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Toby Sells
For more than two decades, Toby Sells has covered Tennessee and the Mid-South — local government, economic development, culture, food, tourism and community life. His work includes thousands of published stories, regular appearances on WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines,” hosting WKNO’s “In Conversation With,” live events across Memphis and original podcasts about news, history and the unexplained.
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