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Good resupply place but rough access in low/med water levels. Good picnic spot, possible camping on grassy fields below levee. Donaldsonville could be a good resupply and meeting place for paddlers on the Lower Miss. Make your landing wherever possible in the open area to the south of the
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Possible alternate route for paddlers to the Gulf of Mexico (110 miles) Every thousand years or so the Mississippi takes a new route to the Gulf of Mexico. In one of its last generations, this was the main channel of the Mississippi. Today Bayou Lafourche remains as a winding tree-lined
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Highest point in area, good up to flood stage BR 35, but small dune. Eighty-One Mile Point boasts the highest bluff of sand below Manchac Point, and probably stays dry up to flood stage 35 on the Baton Rouge Gage. Best stop place is on the sandbar at the exact
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Possible camping or picnicking up to 25BR, but noisy place. Philadelphia Point offers beautiful picnicking on a long shelf of sand backed by willow trees (which should be dry up to 25BR) and reaches is highest prominences around 180 RBD, and then descends gradually towards 181 RBD (dry up to
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Nurdles: What Are Nurdles? Below Baton Rouge you might have noticed the beach strewn with tiny clearish white plastic blobs about the size of a tear drop. Maybe you saw them during your walks along the shoreline; they are especially noticeable at water’s edge with other micro-detritus like bits
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Claiborne Island has joined the mainland of the West Bank of the river, but still houses a narrow slice of wetlands in the batture protected between the river and the levee. Unfortunately this wild place has no safe landings, and as result is not easily accessible. William Charles Cole Claiborne
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Frequently used anchorage to the right bank descending of the main channel about three miles below White Castle. Watch for freighters periodically coming and going. Make sure they are stationary before paddling near this anchorage. If you see the presence of tugboats, or you notice anchors being heaved, or see
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Not in operation Fall 2015 Carville Carville is the location of the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, in the old U. S. Public Health Service, which for a hundred years treated leprosy (now called Hansen's Disease) patients. The hospital has been closed, but several of the buildings remain.
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In low water you will pass a whitewater explosion West Bank near 192.7, where a pipe stabilized with giant concrete blocks lets loose a torrent of steaming water into the river. In a south wind you will detect a distinct toasted carmel aroma in the air, or maybe “hot
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Sandbars wrap completely around Point Clair, another 180 degree bend of the river. Point Clair is similar in shape and proportion to Manchac Point, but its sandbars aren’t as high nor as extensive. The first possible camp you’ll encounter is across the back channel form the the bottom
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Nottaway is the largest and most grandiose of all the Louisiana Plantations, and might make a good excuse for a stop to stretch your legs. Rocky landing in low water, but excellent views of the river and Bayou Goula Island from the levee. Looking inland a sea of sugar cane
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Mile-Long Bayou Goula Island is the biggest of the last three islands on the Lower Mississippi River and also the best birding and tracking, and best all-season, all- weather camping and picnicking in this stretch of river. Bayou Goula Island is a classic Mississippi River Island: long and skinny, with