River Log section: Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
149 LBD Pauline Bar (Magnolia Landing) LBD >30 Beautiful undulating dunes & willow thickets. Owned by a very paddler friendly, the Poches. Contact them ahead of time if at all possible for support in this stretch of river.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
154 LBD College Point >30? Great Camp, no visible industry
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
171 RBD Pt. Houmas >30 Possible cattle grazing nearby & some industry behind
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177 LBD Eighty-One Mile Point LBD >30 Tall Sandbar, Gravel Operations behind
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194 LBD Point Claire LBD >35 Huge open Sandbar
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195 LBD Bayou Goula Sandbar LBD >25 Last real island on the Lower Mississippi River! Forested island with sandbars becoming exposed around 20, huge sandbars 15 or below.
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209 LBD Plaquemines LBD >30 Sand & Gravel Bar, sand collection operation behind, drydock nearby
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210 LBD Bar above Plaquemines LBD >20 Nice Sandbar mid channel, only exposed at medium or below.
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214-215 RBD Manchac Point First and best “remote” feeling camp below Baton Rouge
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220 LBD Duncan Point Human foot-traffic (fishermen) possible
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227.4 LBD LSU The Louisiana State University(LSU) campus extends to the River here and a large area of the batture is kept mowed into a nice big green space that stays dry until ?? feet BRG. There is a little park on top of the levee with flags that
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
228.3 RBD Intercostal Waterway (Port Allen Lock & Dam) The Intercostal Waterway cuts through Port Allen and heads southwestward towards Morgan City, and from there points further west along the Louisiana and then Texas coastlines. You have to lock through the levee to get to the canal. There are