Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
259 RBD Big Cajun I Power Plant Just visible through the trees is a small natural gas fired power plant called Big Cajun I which is why the coal fired power plant upriver is Big Cajun II.
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259.9 LBD Transmontaigne Docking Watch for tow sporadic tow activity and docked barges around the Transmontaigne Docks, especially in high water when the force of water could easily cause collisions for any paddlers who come in too close. This dock connects to a petroleum terminal on HWY 61 a
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
260.1 LBD Crown Vantage Outflow The wastewater discharge of a paper mill, now called Tembec, hidden by the levee and trees. Only a small structure near the bank marks it’s presence. It seems to have a much cleaner discharge then the Georgia Pacific paper mill just a few
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
261.8 John James Audubon (New Roads) Bridge The beautiful fixed-span John James Audubon Bridge was completed and put into service in 2011, displacing the old St. Francisville Ferry. It is popularly known as the New Roads Bridge, and was the newest bridge on the Middle/Lower Mississippi River until
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263 - 261 LBD Sandy Dunes Dugan Landing There are a few sandy dunes in the vicinity of the bridge, the best being Dugan Landing. You could pull of here for a picnic, or to take a break, but camping would be awful due to the fact that the Big
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
263 RBD Big Cajun Power Plant I and II Big Cajun II is a coal-fired operation, and is noted by the three smoke stacks you have been seeing since St. Maurice Island. Big Cajun I is a natural gas plant that you don’t see over the riverbank because it’
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
264.7 LBD Small Bayou The mouth of a small bayou is found a couple hundred yards below the St. Fancisville Boat Launch that would make a good picnic spot, but not recommended for camping.
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264.8 LBD St. Francisville Boat Ramp Located a little over a mile from the Ferry Landing is a narrow ramp with weird angles at the top that make it anxiety inducing to negotiate with a trailer. It also requires a long drive down a poorly maintained gravel road along
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
265.5 LBD St Francisville Mat Casting Field Operated by the Army Corps of Engineers, the St Francisville Mat Casting Field is a 210 acre field in which the concrete squares that make up the “articulated mattresses” used to stabilize the river’s banks are cast and stockpiled. The concrete
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265.5 LBD Army Corps Work Ramp Shown on the USACE 2007 maps as a public landing, but it is not open for use and it is not a good ramp either, being all gravel and limited by water level for ease of use.
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266 LBD Old St. Francisville Ferry Landing A ferry here was first commissioned by an act of the Legislature in 1830, and for a long time was the only ferry service between Plaquemine, LA, and Hickman, KY. The ferry only recently ended its long service shuttling vehicle across the river
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266.2 LBD Bayou Sara Bayou Sara enters the Mississippi just above the old ferry boat landing, surrounded by low/med water sandbars that climb in elevation as you proceed up the bayou and eventually rise to become tall steep muddy banks typical to the Lower Miss and its tributaries.