The Chinese island that has been home since Sunday to 24 American crew members of the downed spy plane is a backwater province once known for its political exiles, smugglers and exotic birds. Haina… ...

Gene Williams cruises through a backwater swamp in late May 2021 on the War Eagle arm of Beaver Lake created by the high lake level. Rising water transforms a large area about two miles downstream ...

A canoe journey to the Beaver Lake swamp on the War Eagle arm is an easy trip. Joe Neal enjoys a misty morning on the War Eagle River July 12 2019 en route to the backwater.

No need to drive six hours to a southeast Arkansas swamp when six minutes of kayaking gets paddlers heading downstream to a mysterious backwater that's much closer to home.