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.
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84.5 RBD Poydras Wetlands You can find dry ground here in low water (below 10 NO gage) due to a major dredging operation in 2012/13. This surprisingly beautiful and wild-feeling location was created by the off-pouring of sand and mud from a channel dredge. You will find some
Baton Rouge to Venice
84.6 RBD Docville Farms As you’re paddling around Poydras you might notice a tall four or five story building peeking out over the levee in an unusual place. This is Docville Farms, under the direction of the Meraux Foundation. Docville is a 132-acre site designated for educational and
Baton Rouge to Venice
87.0 LBD Murphy Oil USA, Meraux Refinery The Meraux refinery was originally constructed in the 1920’s. It is situated on 550 acres. The refinery has a capacity of 135,000 barrels per day and the processes include a 34,000 barrel-per-day (BPD) hydrocracker, 41,000 BPD high-pressure hydro-treater,
Baton Rouge to Venice
87.5 LBD - East Chalmette The neighborhoods on the east side of the City of Chalmette abut the Valero Petroleum Refinery and the Murphy Oil petroleum storage facility which share a large industrial footprint. Residents had become accustomed to the odors and noise of the facilities. Then during Hurricane
Baton Rouge to Venice
87.6 LBD Meraux Water Intake Water intake for the City of Meraux, just one of the many cities below Baton Rouge that draws water from the biggest river in North America. We all live downstream. It's hard to wrap words around that feeling and hard to describe
Baton Rouge to Venice
88.6 LBD - 88.6 RBD Lower Algiers Ferry Paddlers should watch for ferry crossing here, and also busy traffic in and out of lock, which is less than a half mile downstream. tows will be pushing small loads, from single barges, up to 2 wide and 3 long,
Baton Rouge to Venice
89.1 LBD - Rain CII Chalmette Calciner Commissioned in 1968 by Kaiser Aluminum; the plant was built to calcine (heat in rotary kilns) petroleum coke in order to produce carbon that is made into aluminum smelter anodes (electrodes). It has one rotary kiln with 230,000 ton/yr capacity.
Baton Rouge to Venice
89.6 LBD - Former Kaiser Aluminum Site In 1951 Kaser Aluminum built an aluminum smelting plant in Chalmette, La. taking advantage of inexpensive natural gas, government incentives and a high demand for aluminum from the U.S. government stockpile. Alumina (aluminum oxide), made from bauxite at the Kaiser plant
Baton Rouge to Venice
89.2 - 88.3 LBD Chalmette Refining The Chalmette oil refinery was originally built in 1915 on the site of a former plantation. In 2015 it was sold to PBF Energy Inc. and was previously a 50/50 venture between ExxonMobil and state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela. The refinery has