Kayak Expedition to Ft Proctor today!

[Katashi_itto]

Last edited Mon Nov 18, 2013, 09:50 PM - Edit history (3)

Dragged myself out of bed, feeling better. Did a basic sword Kata for exercise. Trying to get ready for the Kayak Expedition to the water-bound Fort Proctor today. 3.9 mile trip by water/Kayak, one way. No other way to get to the fort. Will film the trip with a GH2.

Ft Proctor is the place I hope to use as the actual base for computer generated haunted Mansion for the movie we are in pre-production. So I have to see it

Fort Proctor is a ruined 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA. Also known as Fort Beauregard or Beauregard's Castle (after P.G.T. Beauregard, who supervised its construction with the architect J.G. Totten) it is located on the shore of Lake Borgne just north of the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey. At the time it was built in the 1850s, there was also a railroad port called "Proctorville" adjacent.
The fort was intended to be part of the fortification protecting water routes towards New Orleans. Due to delays caused by hurricane damage, and then the outbreak of the American Civil War, the fort was never garrisoned, and by the end of the war improvements in artillery had made the fort's design obsolete.
In the 1940s and 1950s, before it was engulfed by the lake, the ruins of the fort became a popular gathering spot for high school children seeking a spot where they could not be supervised.
The construction of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal in the 1960s cut off all land access to the fort site. It can be seen in the distance from Shell Beach, Louisiana. In 1978, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is now completely surrounded by water about one foot deep. There remained one small piece of dry land inside of the fort, though after Hurricane Katrina very little of that one dry spot is still dry.

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[Suich]

1. Interesting.

Isn't MRGO eventually going to get filled in?

Welcome to DU, a little late, Katashi_itto!

[Katashi_itto]

2. Thanks!

Whats MRGO?

[Suich]

3. Mississippi River Gulf Outlet

My son lived in St. Bernard when he was doing volunteer work post-Katrina and I heard about it then.

Terrible idea to build it in the first place and they closed it down a year or 2 ago. I don't know if they are just going to leave it or what...

[Brother Buzz]

4. 39 miles in a kayak?

I am impressed, that's a substantial slog!

[Katashi_itto]

5. 3.9 sorry

[Brother Buzz]

6. 3.9 miles on water is STILL a substantial undertaking if the winds aren't favorable

[Katashi_itto]

7. It was very choppy the waves were very high!

[Katashi_itto]

8. Added more photos