Where can I find information to float the Illinois River?
A. You can search on the Oklahoma Department of Tourism website under Lodging for Resorts or Campgrounds in Tahlequah to get a list of properties along the river. The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission, headquartered in Tahlequah, can mail you a free Floater’s Guide that includes tips and general river info, a map and listing of canoe outfitters and resorts. You can reach them at (918) 456-3251 or OSRC@fullnet.net. The Tahlequah Chamber of Commerce also has information about the Illinois River on their website, http://www.tahlequahok.com/chamber. If using your own canoe, state regulations require you to register your canoe with a tag agency, display registration and decal on canoe, carry copy of waterproof registration with you in canoe, have life jackets for every adult in canoe and children under 12 must be wearing the jacket, and you must have a sound device in the canoe such as a safety horn, whistle or compressed air horn. Although the Illinois River is the most well-known area for
