Atchafalaya River
Mile 97.3 - Louisiana Intrastate Gas Corp 4” gas pipeline
97.3 Louisiana Intrastate Gas Corp 4” gas pipeline
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River Log section: Atchafalaya River
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Mile 96.7 - Old Pipeline Canal
96.7 Old Pipeline Canal Possible landing and dry spot for picnics or camps.
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Mile 96.1 - Texas Gas Transmission Co. 12” gas pipeline
96.1 Texas Gas Transmission Co. 12” gas pipeline Possible landing place for picnicking or camping. Texas Gas has dropped another 12” gas pipeline under the river at this point.
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Mile 95.4 - LBD Blue Hole
95.4 LBD Blue Hole If you make landing here you will find a beautiful blue hole surrounded by grass, and then woods. There is a cabin on the far side of the lake and it is marked no trespassing.
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Mile 91.2 - Texas Gas Transmission Co. 12” gas pipeline
91.2 Texas Gas Transmission Co. 12” gas pipeline Going left, paddlers can gain access to East Grand Lake via this pipeline canal. Going right, paddlers could access the West Protection Levee. The Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area begins below this pipeline crossing. Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area The Attakapas
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Mile 89.7 - RBD Pipeline Canal
89.7 RBD Pipeline Canal This broad pipeline canal leads into a cypress swamp which separates (West) Grand Lake into two lakes. Great birding and wildlife viewing, and possible highwater access to West Fork Chicot Pass.
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Mile 88.1 - RBD Canal Entrance
88.1 RBD Canal Entrance Alternate entrance to West Fork Chicot Pass -- but now filling in due to sedimentation in recent decades. Would make good dry spot for landings except for nearby cabin and posted no trespassing.
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Mile 86.8 - RBD Canal Entrance
86.8 RBD Canal Entrance Old entrance to West Fork Chicot Pass which is now filling in due to sedimentation. Slight anomaly in the bank here creates a possible picnic or campsite here, with close by woods for protection in winds or storms. Underwater and flowing during high river levels
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Mile 86.2 - RBD Canal Entrance
86.2 RBD Canal Entrance Stays dry up to higher water levels. Small harbor and grassy banks.
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Mile 85.7 - RBD Danbury Management Corp Dock
85.7 RBD Danbury Management Corp Dock An example of some of the intensive oil exploration and extraction that takes place in the Atchafalaya Basin. Avoid area.
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Mile 83.9 - Florida Gas Transmission Co. 8” gas pipeline
83.9 Florida Gas Transmission Co. 8” gas pipeline
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Mile 83.2 - Philip’s Canal
83.2 Philip’s Canal Philip’s Canal is a pipeline canal also known as Bayou Jean Louis, leading to St. Bon Canal, and Bayou Chene, which runs along the West Basin Protection Levee.