River Log section: Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River
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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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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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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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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76.3 Dow Pipeline Co.
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76.2 Dow Pipeline Co.
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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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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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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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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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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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75.2 Equilon Pipeline two 6” pipes