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Mile 146.1 - LBD Imperial Sugar, Molasses Dock

146.1 LBD Imperial Sugar, Molasses Dock

Mile 146.2 - LBD Louisiana Sugar Refining (LSR)

146.2 LBD Louisiana Sugar Refining (LSR) Founded in 1895 by a group of financiers from Gramercy Park, New York on a site called "Faubourg Lapin". First operated as a sugar mill to process sugar cane from Golden Grove Plantation. A refinery was built in 1902 to supply

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Mile 147.0 - Gramercy

147 Gramercy Gramercy Industrial Reach features Imperial Sugar, Gramercy Aluminum, and CCI Coke Dock, all crammed in together, with Kinder Morgan Bulk Grain Transfer and Petroleum Fuel a mile further.

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Mile 149.0 - Miles 149-147: LBD Upper Grandview Anchorage

149 - 147 LBD Upper Grandview Anchorage As you leave Paulina/Poche Park you will immediately paddle into the Upper Grandview Anchorage for more weaving in and out of parked freighters, or to avoid them altogether by staying right bank or tight left bank. Directly below this anchorage your nostrils

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Mile 148.1 - LBD Grandview Beach

148.1 LBD Grandview Beach Paddlers will notice a large opening in the woods along the East Bank as they leave Poche Park and paddle into the Upper Grandview Anchorage. There is a field here above a long sandy landing with possible picnics and camping up to 12NO. The ownership

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Mile 150.1 - LBD John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Paulina Wharf

150.1 LBD John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Paulina Wharf 149.3 LBD Paulina - Poche Park Paddler’s Paradise: great all weather, all season, all water level picnicking or camping, but contact Poche Family first about camping. Long distance paddlers have a big surprise waiting for them at Poche

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Mile 150.5 - LBD St. Elmo Terminal Grain Elevator Wharf

150.5 LBD St. Elmo Terminal Grain Elevator Wharf This granary was crippled by the 2011 flood. No longer in operation.

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Mile 150.4 - LBD ADM Growmark St. Elmo

150.4 LBD ADM Growmark St. Elmo ADM Growmark’s St. Elmo grain terminal is just upriver from Paulina, LA. It has a 2,000,000 bushel capacity.

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Mile 151.0 - LBD ARTCO Tulane Fleeting, Paulina Fleet Mooring>

151 LBD ARTCO Tulane Fleeting, Paulina Fleet Mooring>

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Mile 152.1 - RBD Armant Repair Wharf and Fleet Mooring

152.1 RBD Armant Repair Wharf and Fleet Mooring

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Mile 156.0 - RBD - 152 LBD Belmont Crossing

156 RBD - 152 LBD Belmont Crossing The Mississippi River makes a distinct 135-degree bend around College Point in Rich Bend in a typical blind corner. From space the shape seems to be a giant checkmark, maybe a metaphor for another checkmark in your epic adventure down the Mississippi! Monitor

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Mile 157.7 - South Louisiana Sugars Cooperative Dock

157.7 South Louisiana Sugars Cooperative Dock 156 LBD College Point Beach & Greenspace Beautiful low water sandbar perched in quiet bend of the river. Picnicking or camping would only be possible in low water levels, below 20BR. There is a wonderful calm from the hub-bub of industry as the