Baton Rouge to Venice
101.1 LBD Henry Clay Avenue Wharf The Henry Clay Avenue Wharf is the first of dozens of wharves that line the East Bank riverbank from here on down to the Industrial Canal with colorful docks, piers, cranes, and all sorts of cargo and containers, and line and lines of
Baton Rouge to Venice
101.7 RBD City of Westwego Landing Directly across from Audubon Park’s The Fly is the City of Westwego Landing which is all rip-rap and mud, but could be a useful pull out in case of emergency.
Baton Rouge to Venice
101.8 RBD Progressive Barge Line, Inc., Westwego Wharf.
Baton Rouge to Venice
101.9 RBD National Gypsum Co., Westwego Plant Wharf National Gypsum Co. is a gypsum board (sheetrock) production plant. Its Toxic Releases in 2013 were 95,304 into the air.
Baton Rouge to Venice
102 - 101 LBD “The Fly” -- Audubon Park -- Audubon Zoo One of the most beautiful of city parks in America, Audubon Park is a 300 acre tract with lagoons, bike paths, outdoor swimming pool (open Summer), oak trees (including the “Tree of Life”), Zoo, and Golf Course. But
Baton Rouge to Venice
102.1 RBD Vopak Lower
Baton Rouge to Venice
102.3 - 102.2 RBD Low Water Sand Dunes A couple of low water sand dunes are found in small cubbyholes cut into the West Bank riverbank, one at approx 102.3 RBD and the other at 102.2 RBD both of which would make good picnic or campsites
Baton Rouge to Venice
102.4 RBD Vopak Terminal Westwego, Inc., Westwego Wharf 102.4 LBD Bisso Marine Co., Inc. Mooring
Baton Rouge to Venice
102.7 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District As you paddle past Carrolton Bend you might notice a big blocky building over the East Bank near 102.7 LBD, with a tall, 3-story rounded entry, and mirror glass windows all around. This is the New Orleans Headquarters
Baton Rouge to Venice
102.8 USACE Boat Ramp (Restricted) There is a wide boat ramp built and maintained by the USACE here, which is in much better shape than any other boat ramp below Baton Rouge. It is a revetment ramp, laid out over the rip rap on a perpendicular, dropping directly from
Baton Rouge to Venice
103.1 - 103 RBD Cargill Westwego Grain Transfer Cargill Westwego is one of the last giant grain transfer conglomerates on the Lower Miss, and is a monstrous operation involving endless lines of barges bringing the grains in from the heartland and endless lines of freighters carrying those same grains
Baton Rouge to Venice
104.1 LBD New Orleans Raw Water Intake It seems miraculous after you’ve seen what the river goes through below Baton Rouge in Chemical Corridor. But it is true: the Mississippi River quenches the thirst of New Orleans residents, as well as provides bath and wash water. We know