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148.1 LBD Grandview Beach Paddlers will notice a large opening in the woods along the East Bank as they leave Poche Park and paddle into the Upper Grandview Anchorage. There is a field here above a long sandy landing with possible picnics and camping up to 12NO. The ownership
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150.1 LBD John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Paulina Wharf 149.3 LBD Paulina - Poche Park Paddler’s Paradise: great all weather, all season, all water level picnicking or camping, but contact Poche Family first about camping. Long distance paddlers have a big surprise waiting for them at Poche
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150.5 LBD St. Elmo Terminal Grain Elevator Wharf This granary was crippled by the 2011 flood. No longer in operation.
Baton Rouge to Venice
150.4 LBD ADM Growmark St. Elmo ADM Growmark’s St. Elmo grain terminal is just upriver from Paulina, LA. It has a 2,000,000 bushel capacity.
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151 LBD ARTCO Tulane Fleeting, Paulina Fleet Mooring>
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152.1 RBD Armant Repair Wharf and Fleet Mooring
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156 RBD - 152 LBD Belmont Crossing The Mississippi River makes a distinct 135-degree bend around College Point in Rich Bend in a typical blind corner. From space the shape seems to be a giant checkmark, maybe a metaphor for another checkmark in your epic adventure down the Mississippi! Monitor
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157.7 South Louisiana Sugars Cooperative Dock 156 LBD College Point Beach & Greenspace Beautiful low water sandbar perched in quiet bend of the river. Picnicking or camping would only be possible in low water levels, below 20BR. There is a wonderful calm from the hub-bub of industry as the
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158.4 Equilon Pipeline, St. James Sugarland Terminal Dock No. 1 and No. 2
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159.5 RBD Capline Terminal Dock No’s 1, 2, 3, and 4
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160 RBD - Chatman Town & 159.5 RBD - Burton Lane Two African-American communities in close proximity to each other that were once surrounded by sugar cane fields but are now surrounded by giant petroleum storage tanks and a petroleum train loading and unloading facility. There is only one
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160.4 Mosaic Uncle Sam Mosaic’s Uncle Sam plant brings in phosphate rock from Florida and Peru. The phosphate rock is then combined with sulfuric acid to produce phosphoric acid which is shipped to Mosaic’s Faustina plant just up the river. The Uncle Sam facility sits on a