Atchafalaya River

Atchafalaya River

Mile 83.1 - Enterprise Products two 8” natural gas pipelines

83.1 Enterprise Products two 8” natural gas pipelines

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Mile 83.0 - Pipeline Tailings

83 Pipeline Tailings It’s not very pretty, but it stays dry in higher water levels. You could make a possible picnic or campsite here on the dredging tailings from the Dow Pipeline. 83 Dow Pipeline (unknown details)

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Mile 82.9 - Trans Canada Gas Processing 8” liquid gas pipeline

82.9 Trans Canada Gas Processing 8” liquid gas pipeline 82.9 Dow Chemical lpg pipeline

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Mile 82.0 - Miles 82-99: Chicot Pass

82 - 99 Chicot Pass There are not a lot of options in this stretch of the main channel, which was cut into and now inhabits the old Chicot Pass. Some of the few landings are found where on dredge tailings where pipelines cross under the river. As such, the

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Mile 82.4 - LBD Bee Bayou

82.4 LBD Bee Bayou Bee Bayou is another cross-Basin waterway that feeds deep into the heart of the Atchafalaya, but could be used to access the East Basin Protection Levee as well. Bee Bayou would make an easy entrance to reach East Grand Lake via Keelboat Pass or Hog

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Mile 81.6 - Exxon Pipeline Co 6” oil pipeline

81.6 Exxon Pipeline Co 6” oil pipeline

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Mile 81.2 - LBD Bayou Sorrell: Alternate route down the Atchafalaya

81.2 LBD Bayou Sorrell: Alternate route down the Atchafalaya Dean Wilson, the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, recommends this route to paddlers who want to see the innards of the Atchafalaya. This is a long route which could take 2-4 days depending on how hard you want to paddle, how much sight-seeing

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Mile 81.2 - LBD Bayou Sorrel

81.2 LBD Bayou Sorrel Bayou Sorrel is the second major East Basin distributary of the Atchafalaya Basin (Upper Grand being the first), drawing a big volume of water off the main channel and delivering it across the entire breadth of the swampland at this level, along the way feeding

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Mile 79.9 - Tarleton Bayou

79.9 Tarleton Bayou Beautiful off channel sandy picnic or camping area can be access at the mouth of bayou by entering cypress-studded opening at this point and bushwahacking 100 feet to bayou enlargement. If you hit it right it will be an easy paddle. Best dry ground is found

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Mile 77.2 - RBD Bayou Chene

77.2 RBD Bayou Chene Bayou Chene is a major West Basin distributary leading off the river at the top of Lower Cow Island on the right bank descending at mile 77.2 You could follow an off-main channel route all the way to Morgan City via Bayou Chene. Bayou

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Mile 76.4 - LBD Lake Mongoulois Point

76.4 LBD Lake Mongoulois Point There are some open meadows along the riverbank at Lake Mongoulois Point that would make for possible picnicking or camping up to 24KG.

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Mile 76.3 - Dow Pipeline Co.

76.3 Dow Pipeline Co.