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 facility used to have a battery of tanks downriver by the Ostrica canal but only the ten tanks at the tanker dock remain.
10.5 RBD Venice, LA, the End of the Road (1 mile to Tiger Pass, 1 mile down Tiger Pass to takeout at Cypress Cove Marina Boat Ramp, or go 1 mile further to Venice Marina Boat Ramp) Paddlers seeking the last possible public boat ramp for connection back to
10.7 RBD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dredge Wheeler Dock
10.8 LBD Gulf South Natural Gas Station
11.2 - 10 LBD Upper Venice Anchorage
11.5 LBD Baptiste Collette Bayou (9 miles to reach Gulf of Mexico. Heavy traffic. Not recommended.) * * Fimbel Pass * Emeline Pass * Heavy Traffic * Numerous Oil Derricks & Platforms Everyone knows that the Mississippi River flows south to the Gulf of Mexico, right? Wrong! Not always, anyway. The Mississippi flows towards
11.5 LBD Sandbar at Mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou Several small sandbars form here at the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou LBD behind a protective wall of rock. Great campsite for small parties with easy access to Venice. Best camping close to Venice. Rock dike forms protective harbor around