Mile 94.0 - Algiers Bend LBD 94-93

Algiers Bend LBD 94-93

There are a few skinny sandbars strewn along the outside edge of Algiers Bend, conveniently located a half mile below the French Quarter on the East Bank in between the Mandeville Street Wharf (94.4LBD) and the Louisa Street Wharf (93.4LBD). These would make for good picnicking and camping in low/med water conditions, and will stay dry up to around 10NO. If you hit it right in the heat of the summer, you will find refreshing shade close to the water’s edge under the long lines of leaning willows along these sandbars. These are not weeping willows, they are the salix nigra, the black willow you have been seeing all along. But on an angled bank like this they lean far over the sand. The waves crash hard here against the shore, so be sure to pull your vessel well above the waterline, three feet at least, and tie up to trees behind sandbar. Best spots are backed by a thin line of trees for protection from passers-by. A bikepath runs along the river along Algiers Bend, and into Crescent Park.