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Mile 96.6 - RBD Gretna Harbor Traffic Control

96.6 RBD Gretna Harbor Traffic Control 96.6 LBD Celeste Street Wharf

Mile 96.7 - RBD Gretna Water Intake

96.7 RBD Gretna Water Intake Gretna residents draw their drinking water directly from the Mississippi River, as do all communities and water districts downstream of Baton Rouge. This only reinforces the admonishment to be careful about what you dump in the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The saying “We

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Mile 96.8 - RBD John. W. Stone Oil Distributor, Gretna Dock No’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8

96.8 RBD John. W. Stone Oil Distributor, Gretna Dock No’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8

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Mile 97.0 - LBD Gretna

97 LBD Gretna Paddlers could make landing alongside the public park located in downtown Gretna. See above for Ferry Landing. Paddler friendly town and city government.

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Mile 97.1 - RBD - 97.1 LBD Gretna Ferry

97.1 RBD - 97.1 LBD Gretna Ferry Possible rest stop/campsite below West Bank (Gretna side) Ferry Landing. Paddlers are forever expanding the limits of what makes for good camping. Source-to-Sea paddlers including Jake Takvoli reported that they camped at this location in November 2015. Wrote Jake: “If

Baton Rouge to Venice

Mile 97.1 - LBD East Bank (New Orleans side) Gretna Ferry

97.1 LBD East Bank (New Orleans side) Gretna Ferry An East Bank landing here might be the only place to make an emergency stop if needed along the miles of docks and wharfing above the French Quarter, but it will require great concentration and some deft paddling. Avoid if

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Mile 97.3 - LBD First Street Wharf

97.3 LBD First Street Wharf

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Mile 97.4 - RBD International-Matex Tank Terminals, Ltd., Gretna Dock #6

97.4 RBD International-Matex Tank Terminals, Ltd., Gretna Dock #6

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Mile 97.5 - LBD Harbor Police (Third Street) Wharf

97.5 LBD Harbor Police (Third Street) Wharf

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Mile 97.6 - LBD Washington Avenue Wharf

97.6 LBD Washington Avenue Wharf

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Mile 97.8 - LBD Seventh Street Wharf

97.8 LBD Seventh Street Wharf

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Mile 97.9 - RBD Crompton Corp., Harvey Dock

97.9 RBD Crompton Corp., Harvey Dock