Baton Rouge to Venice
79 - 77 English Turn Bend English Turn Bend and makes a tight turn in excess of 90 degrees around Shingle Point, which means another blind corner. In addition to the usual unknowns coming around a blind corner, the currents are powerful here even at low water, and a giant
Baton Rouge to Venice
79.7 LBD Stolthaven Boat Ramp (Private) Private boat ramp located below and behind the last of the Stolthaven docks. Only land access is through Stolthaven gate of English Turn Road (LA 3137). 78 LBD Shingle Point Good camping, but not as high as 12-Mile Point. Good protection from south
Baton Rouge to Venice
79.7 LBD Stolthaven New Orleans LLC, Berth No’s 3 & 4, Braithwaite A bulk liquid terminal. The terminal operates both as a domestic break-bulk facility and as an international distribution hub. The facility has 68 tanks with a total storage capacity of 81,532,920 gallons. The terminal
Baton Rouge to Venice
81.4 LBD Caernarvon Crevasse Caernarvon Crevasse has always been a controversial location. In its history is both the “Trapper’s War,” and the often criticized freshwater diversion canal. But most famously, it is the exact location where the levee was exploded to save New Orleans from the rising waters
Baton Rouge to Venice
82.5 LBD Port Ship Services, Inc., Poydras Landing
Baton Rouge to Venice
82.6 - 81.6 Poydras Crevasse Map aficionados will notice an unusual wide spot in the batture is found at Poydras, East Bank between 82.6 and 81.6, where the levee veers away from the river for a mile, and then returns back again. The levee broke here
Baton Rouge to Venice
82.9 LBD Shell Intake
Baton Rouge to Venice
83.6 RBD A Studio in the Woods Infused with art, love and a profound respect for nature, A Studio in the Woods has grown with the forest as organically as it grew into a nonprofit artist retreat and learning center, built sustainably with salvaged goods long before green building
Baton Rouge to Venice
83.8 LBD Violet Dock Port, Inc., Berthing Facility No’s 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Two large Navy Bulk Container vessels seem to be permanently docked at the 9-Mile Anchorage. I have seen them here on every expedition that has brought me by this location since 2009. This
Baton Rouge to Venice
83.9 LBD The Violet Canal Located several hundred yards above the docked Navy Ships, the Violet Canal is a pre-Industrial Canal connection to the MRGO: the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, hence to the Gulf of Mexico. A seven-mile channel called the Lake Borgne Canal begins at Violet, Louisiana, and
Baton Rouge to Venice
84.3 RBD Audubon WIlderness Park Located in Lower Coast Algiers, at 14001 River Rd, Audubon Wilderness Park is a natural and secluded green space filled with trees and plants that support a wide variety of native Louisiana birds. The Wilderness Park is open seasonally in the spring and fall.
Baton Rouge to Venice
84.4 RBD Poydras Lower Low shelf of sand on water’s edge, maybe good to 6 NO gage. Good for picnicking, but keep on downstream to Twelve Mile Point, Shingle Point or Will’s Point for better choices.