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Mile 75.7 - RBD Alpine Mud Products Wharf

75.7 RBD Alpine Mud Products Wharf

Mile 75.8 - RBD Plaquemines Port Authority Dock

75.8 RBD Plaquemines Port Authority Dock

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Mile 75.6 - LBD Scarsdale Ferry Landing

75.6 LBD Scarsdale Ferry Landing You can find water, ice, beer, and other refreshments at a convenience store called the Ferry Stop, across the LA highway 39 from the Scarsdale Ferry Landing. Pull your vessel completely out of water if you do stop, or risk capsize! You best pull-out

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Mile 76.0 - RBD - 75.7 LBD Belle Chasse Ferry

76 RBD - 75.7 LBD Belle Chasse Ferry While the Air Force jets are screaming overhead the Belle Chasse Ferry moves back and forth across the main channel here below English Turn Bend. Paddlers will want to be extra vigilant for possible traffic challenges with fast-moving freighters and the

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Mile 76.6 - 76.6 - 76.4 LBD AMAX Metals Recovery

76.6 - 76.4 LBD AMAX Metals Recovery This was a metals recycling plant that converted spent petroleum catalysts into four commercial products: molybdenum sulfide, alumina trihydrate, vanadium pentoxide and a nickel-cobalt concentrate. In 1989, the facility was expanded to recycle a chromium-aluminum hazardous waste material generated by aluminum

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Mile 78.1 - LBD - Fort St. Marie

78.1 LBD - Fort St. Marie Various Forts guarded the City of New Orleans from advancement up the Mississippi River. But being such a big river, protection could not be insured unless you built two forts, one across the river from each other. This is the case here within

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Mile 78.1 - RBD - Fort St. Leon

78.1 RBD - Fort St. Leon Fort St. Leon was the name of a French fort, as well as an American fort, each established at a section on the Mississippi River below New Orleans known as English Turn. The French fort was begun in 1749 but was abandoned by

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Mile 79.0 - Miles 79-77: English Turn Bend

79 - 77 English Turn Bend English Turn Bend and makes a tight turn in excess of 90 degrees around Shingle Point, which means another blind corner. In addition to the usual unknowns coming around a blind corner, the currents are powerful here even at low water, and a giant

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Mile 79.7 - LBD Stolthaven Boat Ramp (Private)

79.7 LBD Stolthaven Boat Ramp (Private) Private boat ramp located below and behind the last of the Stolthaven docks. Only land access is through Stolthaven gate of English Turn Road (LA 3137). 78 LBD Shingle Point Good camping, but not as high as 12-Mile Point. Good protection from south

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Mile 79.7 - LBD Stolthaven New Orleans LLC, Berth No’s 3 & 4, Braithwaite

79.7 LBD Stolthaven New Orleans LLC, Berth No’s 3 & 4, Braithwaite A bulk liquid terminal. The terminal operates both as a domestic break-bulk facility and as an international distribution hub. The facility has 68 tanks with a total storage capacity of 81,532,920 gallons. The terminal

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Mile 81.4 - LBD Caernarvon Crevasse

81.4 LBD Caernarvon Crevasse Caernarvon Crevasse has always been a controversial location. In its history is both the “Trapper’s War,” and the often criticized freshwater diversion canal. But most famously, it is the exact location where the levee was exploded to save New Orleans from the rising waters

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Mile 82.5 - LBD Port Ship Services, Inc., Poydras Landing

82.5 LBD Port Ship Services, Inc., Poydras Landing