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Mile 76.2 - Dow Pipeline Co.
76.2 Dow Pipeline Co.
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River Log section: Atchafalaya River
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Mile 75.8 - Three Major Pipelines
75.8 Three Major Pipelines Three major pipelines go under the river here: Southern Natural Gas 6” pipeline, and two Equilon pipelines, one 12” carrying ethylene and one 10” carrying propylene.
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Mile 75.7 - Louisiana Resources Pipeline
75.7 Louisiana Resources Pipeline Primitive Camping in the Marshes & Swamps Camping (and picnicking) in the half-submerged Cypress-Tupelo Gum Swamps and Coastal Marshes of the Atchafalaya River Basin can be very challenging. You might end up on spongy ground with half your camp in water, half on nothing but
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Mile 75.7 - LBD Jake’s Bayou
75.7 LBD Jake’s Bayou Small bayou meandering through the woods, flowing 2-3 mph at 21 KG. You can use Jake’s Bayou as a shortcut to Bayou Sorrel via Bloody Bayou (which dead-ends at Bayou Sorrell). Go to Bayou Sorrel for detailed description about back channel route to
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Mile 75.5 - RBD Splice Island (Bottom End)
75.5 RBD Splice Island (Bottom End) The two major channels of the Atchafalaya reunite at the bottom end of Splice Island, the Whiskey Bay Pilot Channel, and the Old Atchafalaya Channel. If you have ventured down the Old Atchafalaya Channel through Butte La Rose here is where you will
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Mile 75.3 - LBD Texaco Resources Dock
75.3 LBD Texaco Resources Dock The forests in the vicinity of this dock are carved by several oil exploration and extraction canals. This area is a popular oil pipeline crossing, with seven major pipelines in the next four miles.
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Mile 75.2 - Equilon Pipeline two 6” pipes
75.2 Equilon Pipeline two 6” pipes
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Mile 73.4 - LBD Little Tensas Bayou
73.4 LBD Little Tensas Bayou Perennial Little Tensas Bayou flows north when the Atchafalaya is 20KG or above and joins the Upper Grand River, but is often choked close by hyacinth. Nearby Cowpen Lake also choked over. Slim Island starts below the bayou.
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Mile 70.9 - LBD Upper Grand River
70.9 LBD Upper Grand River Good camping or picnicking can be found at the mouth of the Upper Grand River at mile 70.9, best choice would be the north side in a slice of woods growing on top of a ridge along the bank. This north side would
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Mile 69.7 - LBD Linder Oil Dock
69.7 LBD Linder Oil Dock
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Mile 68.5 - LBD Blue Heron Point
68.5 LBD Blue Heron Point There is a beautiful cubbyhole of a landing as you paddle over the top of Blue Heron Point, but its posted “No Tresspassing.” Keep paddling a little further downstream and you will discover a modest ridge of willows with dry ground up to bank
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Mile 68.0 - RBD Willow Point
68 RBD Willow Point Flooded willow forests in high water levels, as the river drops paddlers can find possible low/medium water picnicking and camping, but the sandbars don’t emerge below 15KG.