River Log section: Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
233.0 LBD Kinder Morgan (EXXON Petroleum Coke) The ExxonMobil Petroleum Coke terminal operated by Kinder Morgan. Watch for workboats, and towboats coming from unexpected places behind dock pilings.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
233.8 LBD Formosa Plastics Corp., Baton Rouge North Wharf Listed on USACOE charts as Formosa Plastics Corp., Baton Rouge North Wharf, the wharf is currently under repair and the dilapidated facility behind it is currently owned by CEMUS and is the former site of Kaiser Aluminum. Under rehabilitation construction
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
232.9 RBD CSS Arkansas Not visible but of historic interest, the USS Arkansas is buried in the mud under the levee 1.4 miles below where the 190 bridge comes to land in Port Allen (690 feet past river mile 233). The CSS Arkansas was a Confederate Ironclad warship
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
233.7 LBD Monte Sano Bayou Incorrectly listed as “Bayou Baton Rouge” on USACE river charts, Monte Sano Bayou enters the Mississippi between the Formosa Plastics Corp., Baton Rouge North Wharf and Formosa Plastics Corp., Baton Rouge Plant Wharf (the first two docks you encounter after the US 190 bridge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
233.9 US 190 and Railroad Bridge (Old Bridge) The “Old Bridge” was originally opened in 1940 and officially named the Huey P. Long Bridge. Legend has it, that famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long had this bridge built to a height
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
234.2 RBD Wilkerson Landing Boat Ramp Although labeled as a boat ramp, this landing looks like a pile of concrete slag poured over the mud. In other words it’s very rough, very steep, and highly suspect for safe use. As with the above Point Place Landing you could
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
235 - 234.7 LBD Southern Univ., Istrouma (Scott’s) Bluff, Mississippi Loess Bluff #9 Paddler, congratulations: you have reached the last bluff on the Lower Mississippi River! Even though you still have 245 miles to go to reach the Gulf of Mexico (South Pass route) this is a landmark
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
235 RBD Point Place Landing (Wilkerson Point) Good sandy landings are found here along the inside crux of Mulatto Bend all of the way up to bank full 30BG. It’s the place to stop in the presence of oncoming storms or high winds out of the south. If the
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
236 - 233 Mulatto Bend (Wilkerson Point) Mulatto Bend makes a severe obtuse angle around Wilkerson Point that turns the river “about-right” so that you enter paddling slightly northeasterly and exit due south with an incredible heart-stopping view downstream. Paddlers brace yourself for this paradigm change. Gone are the endless
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
235.2 LBD Baton Rouge Harbor Also called the “Baton Rouge Barge Canal.” Not really a harbor in the way most people would think of a harbor, but merely a series of industrial docks, none of which provide public access. The boat ramp shown here on the USACE 2007 maps
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
235.2 LBD Baton Rouge North Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall A small bayou flowing parallel with the river from Southern University meets the river at the mouth of the Baton Rouge Harbor. In times of low water, this land is a beautiful sandy point covered in willows leading all the
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
235.8 LBD Devil’s Swamp Bayou The main entrance to Devil’s Swamp is through a deep steep muddy canyon (at low water) cut into the left bank shore, below and behind all of the fleeted barges near mile 235.8 LBD. If you are interested in seeing Devil’