River Log section: Baton Rouge to Venice
Baton Rouge to Venice
39.7 LBD Nestor Canal You could find access to the Gulf vie Nestor Canal and the Back Levee Canal to which it connects. But the Nestor Canal is cut off from river by gated entry. Would require portage.
Baton Rouge to Venice
39.4 - 38.8 RBD Freeport-McMoran Sulphur Company Welcome to Port Sulphur, once the world’s largest sulphur mine. You may look around at all the flat marshy country stretching as far as the eye can see in all directions and wonder to yourself, “sulphur?” and “mine?” “But there
Baton Rouge to Venice
42.8 LBD Huling Low Water Harbor A small harbor emerges here in low water behind some rip-rap above the Huling Light 42.8 LBD. In the Fall of 2015 a giant pile of driftwood had accumulated here, looking like a giant beaver lodge from the distance. As with all
Baton Rouge to Venice
43 RBD Happy Jack Primitive Boat Ramp: Final Resupply? A gravel road runs over the levee from LA Hwy 23 to a primitive one lane boat ramp at the North end of the town of Port Sulphur. Ideal resupply place! 2-hour cafe nearby, and full-service grocery store! Please be advised,
Baton Rouge to Venice
43.1 RBD Happy Jack Happy Jack, like its name suggests, is a little piece of paradise in the Louisiana Delta below New Orleans, and this is supported by a website with the same name. The Who could have written their song about this location: "Happy Jack wasn'
Baton Rouge to Venice
44 LBD Mardi Gras Pass Four miles to Law Bay. First of the many exits to the Gulf of Mexico. Good flow at all water levels. Superlative birding and wildlife viewing. Mardi Gras Pass leads to Back Levee Canal and Bayou Law, quickest route to Gulf Follow Bayou Law to
Baton Rouge to Venice
44.4 LBD Bohemia Beach Best all-weather camping and picnicking below New Orleans. Good up to 8NO gage, questionable after that, completely underwater at 12NO gage. Last big beach on the Lower Mississippi River. At the end of the roads and levees on the east bank of the Mississippi River
Baton Rouge to Venice
44.5 LBD Pointe a la Hache French explorers named this point, using a French phrase that meant "Point of the Axe." A map made in 1765 called it "Hatchet Point." The mainline levee system on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi terminates at Pointe
Baton Rouge to Venice
48.6 Ferry Landing/The Town of Pointe a la Hache Pull into the ferry landing for access into Pointe a la Hache, but be sure to defer right of way to the ferry boat -- this is an active landing! US Post Office is located close by over the
Baton Rouge to Venice
48.6 LBD - 48.6 RBD Pointe a la Hache Ferry This is the last ferry service on the Lower Mississippi River. This is not surprising, since Pointe a la Hache is the end of road along the East Bank of the Mississippi River, and also, the end of
Baton Rouge to Venice
49 RBD Plaquemines Parish Water Treatment Intake Plaquemines Parish residents draw their drinking water directly from the Mississippi River, as do all residents 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 all
Baton Rouge to Venice
49.2 LBD Bass Enterprises Production Co., Pointe A La Hache Wharf 49.2 RBD ECOTT, West Pointe A La Hache Wharf