Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 143.0 - LBD - LBD Belle Point LBD >30? Small
143 LBD Belle Point LBD >30? Small high point inside eddy at Marquez
River Log section: Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
143 LBD Belle Point LBD >30? Small high point inside eddy at Marquez
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
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
177 LBD Eighty-One Mile Point LBD >30 Tall Sandbar, Gravel Operations behind
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
194 LBD Point Claire LBD >35 Huge open Sandbar
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
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.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
209 LBD Plaquemines LBD >30 Sand & Gravel Bar, sand collection operation behind, drydock nearby
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
210 LBD Bar above Plaquemines LBD >20 Nice Sandbar mid channel, only exposed at medium or below.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
214-215 RBD Manchac Point First and best “remote” feeling camp below Baton Rouge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
220 LBD Duncan Point Human foot-traffic (fishermen) possible
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