Mile 11.0 - -11 RBD Port Eads

-11 RBD Port Eads

South Pass also features a newly built lodge near the lighthouse at its terminus where paddlers can find accommodations and food. Port Eads was completely devastated by Hurricane Katrina. All that remained of the original structure was the lighthouse. Due to the economic importance to Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish enlisted assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild the dock, both North and South camps, and a state of the art marina. In April 2014 the High Adventure Company was selected to operate and manage the marina and fishing camps.

Port Eads is named for engineering genius Captain James Buchanan Eads who developed a system of wooden jetties preventing the mouth of the river from silting up. This innovation opened up the Mississippi River for commercial trade doubling the amount of goods reaching New Orleans. (The Eads Bridge in St. Louis was designed and constructed by the same!)