River Log section: Birdsfoot Delta
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11.4 LBD Shell Beaches at Mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou - South Side Paddlers will discover several outcroppings of shells along the south shore of Baptiste Collette Bayou. Any of these would make an excellent campsite with dry and firm footing. The waves hit hard here, though, so make
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11.5 LBD Sandbars at Mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou - North Side Several small sandbars form here at the north end of the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou LBD behind a protective wall of rock with safe camping up to 3VG. Great campsite for small parties with easy access
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Intro: Venice to the Gulf of Mexico As you paddle out of Venice bound for the Gulf of Mexico, you will want to have already settled a few important questions in your mind for a successful completion of you expedition. The Rivergator has attempted to be helpful in preparing you
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Contributing Writers: * * Wolf E. Staudinger * Michael Orr * Paul Orr * Mark River Peoples Mary Ann Sternberg: Mississippi River Road The Mississippi River Road is a familiar place to locals and a magnet for visitors. It’s that legendary corridor running a hundred or so miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge,
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26.7 LBD - Chevron Pipeline Company Empire Terminal This terminal is used to unload crude oil from barges and tankers before being sent up to refineries. Hurricane Katrina caused approximately 1,400,000 gallons of crude oil to spill from two of the tanks into the surrounding environment. The
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29.1 RBD - Daybrook Fisheries Just over the levee in Empire is a menhaden processing plant. The plant processes menhaden (locally called pogies) into fish oil and fish meal. You may see the iconic blue and yellow boats, carrying two net tenders piggyback, motoring up or down the river
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35.2 LBD - Bass Enterprises This oil field production facility stored crude oil from the oil field just behind it in tanks before being loaded onto barges for transport. Hurricane Katrina damaged the facility causing 3,780,000 gallons of crude oil to spill into the surrounding environment. It
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39 RBD - Freeport Sulphur Company The Freeport Sulphur Company established logistics, refining, storage and shipping operations here to support its nearby Frasch Process sulphur mine at Lake Grande Ecaille. The Grande Ecaille sulphur mine, about 10 miles to the southwest out in the marsh, was the largest sulphur deposit
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51.6 LBD - Plaquemines Parish Lock-up A boondoggle to the tune of $100,000,000 of FEMA money. Former Sheriff Jiffy Hinge had this state-of-the-art lock-up built with a capacity of 900 inmates, one of the largest parish lock-ups in the state. Plaquemines parish is one of the least
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55.5 LBD - United Bulk Terminal United Bulk Terminal is a coal export terminal owned by Oiltanking. The facility sits on 1,134 acres and is one of the largest dry-bulk terminals in the United States. 3,500,000 tons of material can be stored at the facility and
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57 RBD - International Marine Terminals (IMT) IMT is a coal export terminal owned by Kinder Morgan. The facility sits on 150 acres and can store 1,300,000 tons of coal. It can export 5,000,000 tons of coal per year.
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61.5 RBD - CHS, Inc. Myrtle Grove A CHS, Inc. grain terminal with 4 loading spouts and a 6,464,000 bushel capacity. It is your last grain terminal.