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Mile 200.0 RBD — Point Pleasant

John Ruskey

26 Apr 2026 � 1 min read

Good low/med water camping or picnicking up to 25BR.

Low/medium water camping and picnicking up to 20BR can be found at one particular sandbar along Point Pleasant, at 199.5 RBD. Here a series of dunes undulate in and out of the riverbank in leaps and bounds, each one creating its own unique picnic or campsite, and each with its own harbor or inlet below. A higher ridge of willow and undergrowth lines the bank above and could afford dry landings up to 25 BR. Wetlands are found behind Point Pleasant, giving it some buffer from the business and agriculture of south Louisiana.

Point Pleasant was once the parish seat of Iberville Parish, but the seat of the local government was moved to Plaquemine in 1842. In 1973, there was a flood crisis at Point Pleasant when the river bank in front of the levee began to cave and crumble. Materials and men were rushed to the area, and the Army Corps of Engineers constructed a setback levee that averted the threatened disaster. (Braggs: Historic Name & Places)

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