Mile 44.5 - LBD Pointe a la Hache

44.5 LBD Pointe a la Hache

French explorers named this point, using a French phrase that meant "Point of the Axe." A map made in 1765 called it "Hatchet Point." The mainline levee system on the east bank of the Lower Mississippi terminates at Pointe a la Hache, about 50 miles above the Head of Passes. Pointe a la Hache is the end of road along the East Bank of the Mississippi River! Also, the end of the levees! From here on down along the East Bank the banks and trees get shorter, the passes start opening up more and more, and the brackish, marshy waters of the Breton Sound/Gulf of Mexico approach closer and closer! The momentum is growing and your heart becomes more elated the closer you get!