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175.2 Donaldsonville Boat Ramp Even though there is a Boat Ramp marked on the USACE 2007 Lower Mississippi River Maps at Donaldsonville, it was ruined by the sediment effect of the 2011 flood, and the short remaining peice of concrete ramp exposed does not reach the river at most
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175.3 - 174 RBD Donaldsonville Fleeting
Baton Rouge to Venice
177 RBD - 174 LBD Smoke Bend Crossing As you come around Eighty-One Mile Point stay wide for the safest route of travel away from freighter traffic. Or cut the point tight and hug the inside of the bend. Maintain constant vigilance as you paddle, and monitor VHF Channel 67.
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177.9 RBD Smoke Bend Sand Dune A medium-sized dune is found here along Smoke Bend (opposite Eighty-One Mile Point) that would make good stop place for picnic or camping, but this low lying dune is dry only up to 15 BR gage.
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177.3 - 175.2 LBD L & L Fleeting and Mooring Paddlers be careful maneuvering around Eighty-One Mile Point. One-barge, one-towboat packets frequently move barges from lower fleeting area back and forth between here and L&L Dry Bulk Transfer. Big Foot The river makes a distinctive down
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180.3 - 178.8 LBD L & L Dry Bulk Transfer & Mooring Specializing in grains and scrap metals, L&L cranes snort black diesel smoke high into the atmosphere as it swings its buckets up & down and back & forth, with seemingly endless conveyor belts, and
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181.4 LBD Koch Gathering Systems, Darrow Oil Field Wharf Philadelphia Point/ Eighty-One Mile Point Greenspace The Philadelphia Point/ Eighty-One Mile Point Greenspace is corrupted by the very noisy and 24-activity at L&L Dry Bulk Transfer. Still, it is worth noting that a mosaic-type patchwork quilt of green
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182.8 - 182 LBD Carline's Geismar Fleeting Paddlers beware: Geismar Fleeting area! Busy location.
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183.1 RBD T.T. Barge Cleaning Inc.
Baton Rouge to Venice
183.2 LBD Sandbar below Shell Geismar There is a small shelf of sand located here that makes for good picnicking in low water levels, and even affords some shade from nearby willows. Unfortunately Shell Geismar is paranoid about people approaching from the water, and might chase you off. Shell
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228.9 RBD Cargill Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission Grain Wharf Cargill Greater Baton Rouge is the first giant grain transfer operation on the Lower Mississippi River, where the freighters meet the barges. Here grain barges meet grain freighters and the bounty of America’s bosom helps feed the world.
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229.1 RBD Baton Rouge City Wharf: Community Coffee If the wind is blowing directly across the river when you are loading in or taking out at Glass Beach you might detect the distinct aroma of roasting coffee beans. This is not a delusion. Amidst all of the other caustic