Yep, You Could Float The River Down To New Orleans Somehow, I came across a story from 2006 where a couple of Tulsa guys decided to take a trip to New Orleans. While there are several ways to get there, they opted for a fifteen foot canoe with a very small outboard on the back of it. They took off from the biggest inland sea port in America located on the East side of Tulsa at Catoosa, and made it on time to New Orleans ten days later. Google Maps It had me thinking "If all rivers run to the Mother Mississippi, couldn't you do this on the Red River too?" Shockingly, yes... and it would probably be a much more enjoyable journey altogether, I'll explain.