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Primitive Landing, accessible by gravel road off levee several hundred yards northeast of the town of Bayou Goula (La Hwy 405). Rough place. Not recommended for camping or overnight parking. The Bayou Goula Indians occupied this point on the Lower Mississippi when Iberville and his party went up the river
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Downstream freighters and big tows all follow the line of this crossing, from deep within St. Gabriel Bend, staying with the swift waters down along the East Bank and then gradually crossing over above the shallows of Bayou Goula Island to West Bank and dropping again into deeper and swifter
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Good low/med water camping or picnicking up to 25BR. Low/medium water camping and picnicking up to 20BR can be found at one particular sandbar along Point Pleasant, at 199.5 RBD. Here a series of dunes undulate in and out of the riverbank in leaps and bounds, each
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Freighters and all big commercial traffic make a channel crossing here from West Bank to East Bank. Smaller vessels can go just about anywhere during medium or higher river levels, but at low water most will follow this traditional route for making a safe crossign to deep water. Paddlers can
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These two large facilities produce chlorvinyl chemicals, primarily for the manufacture of PVC, with Shintech Corp having the dubious distinction of being the world’s largest producer of PVC. Along with the Dow Chemical and other Shintech facilities in the area, a large amount of the nation’s chlorovinyls and
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Watch for Plaquemine Ferry going back and forth across the main channel after as you come around Plaquemine Bend. Crosses from the eastern side of Iberville Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish for vehicles and pedestrians, and used by both workers getting to their jobs and tourists. The Plaquemine Ferry
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Paddlers will find high dry bluffs of sand at Plaquemine Point, dry up to bank full 30 BR. Unfortunately a nearby dirt removal operation just downstream of the point ruins the wild effect. You might be considered trespassers stopping here. The City of Plaquemine is directly across the river, and
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A perennial beach (that is only present in low or med water conditions) can be found along the riverbank directly below the old Plaquemine Lock & Dam facility. There’s not a lot of sand here, and most of it is angled. But above Plaquemine Beach paddlers could find flat
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With the purchase of four plantations in Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes, Dow established its Louisiana Operations in 1956. Today, the 1,500-acre integrated manufacturing facility near Plaquemine and brine operations in Grand Bayou comprise one of Louisiana’s largest petrochemical facilities. With more than 3,000 employees and
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Beautiful camping and picnicking at all water levels and in all types of weather conditions and wind directions. Plaquemine Island is one of the last three islands on the Lower Miss below Baton Rouge. Plaquemine Island is one of the last three islands on the Lower Mississippi, Bayou (Goula and
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The Medora Site (16WBR1) is a Native American archaeological site that is a type site for the prehistoric Plaquemine culture period. The name for the culture is taken from the proximity of Medora to the town of Plaquemine, Louisiana. The site is in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and was
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Bayou Manchac: ancient trade route. Possible 119 mile "shortcut" to the Gulf Coast via to Lake Ponchartrain, but requires an 8-mile portage to reach route. As you round Manchac Point, on the left bank descending you can see a slender row of trees peaking over the levee. These