Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
255 - 254.2 LBD Thompson Creek Bluffs (Mississippi Loess Bluff #8) While the smallest yet seen of the Mississippi Loess Bluffs, the Thompson Creek (or Port Hudson) Bluff is nevertheless easy to access and almost as interesting as any of the others. I am surprised by bald eagles almost
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
255.5 LBD Thompson Creek Thompson Creek is the last major drainage entering the Mississippi River. Where it meets the Mississippi two beautiful sandbars are formed, in a gorgeous stretch of river full undulating lines of forest, creamy sandbars, the sky and the river. The bar downstream of the confluence
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
255.5 - 253.8 RBD Point Menoir There are a series of sculpted sandbars opposite and downstream of Thompson Creek which offer a good landing (and great protection from westerly or southwesterly winds) and dray sand up to high water levels, but the first and most beautiful is within
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
256 - 255.5 LBD Fancy Point Sandbar Good low and medium water camping, up to 20BG, the contoured Fancy Point Sandbar isolated in between Fancy Point and the mouth of Thompson Creek. Fancy Point Sandbar is very popular with shorebirds at low and medium water levels when it stretches
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
257 RBD Hermitage Dune There is a mountain of sugary sand on the outside of the big bend (False River Cut-Off) going around Fancy Point Towhead. This heavenly sand kingdom rises above a giant eddy just past the Heritage Light, RBD 257.6 and would make great protection in any
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
259 - 256 LBD Fancy Point Towhead Fancy Point Towhead is found left bank descending about seven miles below St. Francisville (or about three miles below the Audubon Bridge). If the water is above 12 BG the back channel will be open and flowing, but below 8BG it might be
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.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
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
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
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’