River Log section: Atchafalaya River
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18 - 20 LBD Bayou Point Coming into Bayou Point, entering the 4th bend of the squiggles, paddlers will find 2 small eddies along left bank descending around which small deposits of sand will collect in low and medium water levels. But the best sandbars, and hence the best camping
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17 - 18 RBD Hick’s Landing/Gordon Point A long sandy bank stretched for nearly one mile here along Hick’s Landing/Gordon Point, with possible camping and picnicking on the highest bluffs up to FS 35 SG. The best location found in an undulating dune with inlets forming
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16.5 RBD Trash Site Someone has dumped a pile of trash on the riverbank here, as witnessed in March, 2015.
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16 RBD Eddy Dune A small sand dune forms here along the left bank descending at the edge of a small eddy. Good camping or picnicking on lower sandbar in low or medium water levels, and possible camp on top of dune with trees behind up to FS 35 SG.
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15.5 Primitive Boat Ramp (Private)
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14.7 RBD Small Dunes Small sand dunes form here in low water, several hundred yards below the mouth of Turner’s Bayou.
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14.5 LBD Cypress Point Good camping or picnicking can be found at Cypress Point on sandy willow bars up to bank full stage 30 SG, and on top of the tall collapsing muddy banks even higher, maybe up above flood stage 35 SG. Small forest behind provides great protection
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13.2 RBD Porcupine Point A high bluff of sand with an inlet behind it is found at Lone Tree Point, making a beautiful campsite at all water levels, with good protection from winds or storms. There is a wetlands behind Porcupine Point, which becomes connected to the river around
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13 - 20 Atchafalaya Squiggles Between miles 13 and 20 the river meanders through four tight bends of the river around four points. Tow pilots call these “the squiggles.” For tow pilots pushing a heavy load it requires a good bit of maneuvering to get safely through the squiggles, especially
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12.8 LBD Fairfield Landing 12.8 LBD McCrea Lake
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12.5 LBD Marine Bayou Marine Bayou evolves out of Horse Bayou which is formed from Bayou Thornton and Bayou Fisher. Now cut off from the river by the levee it is forced southward to Middle Bayou which joins Starks Bayou, which flows through Hog Lake as Lake Bayou.
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12.2 LBD McCrea Landing