![The Lifting of the First Needle Officially Opens the Spillway - 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95753244.tC0sAe4b.jpg) The Lifting of the First Needle Officially Opens the Spillway - 2008 |
![Structure from west to east](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38898010.Structurefromwesttoeast.jpg) Structure from west to east |
![Cranes wait in readiness](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38897356.Craneswaitinreadiness.jpg) Cranes wait in readiness |
![Mississippi overflows its bounds - 2005](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38897253.Mississippioverflowsitsbounds.jpg) Mississippi overflows its bounds - 2005 |
![Close-up of the bays](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38897515.Closeupofthebays.jpg) Close-up of the bays |
![Spillway Bays](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38897680.SpillwayBays.jpg) Spillway Bays |
![Pierre Beaubercy Trepagnier - Original Owner of Plantations Taken to Build Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95786370.GeSJUupq.jpg) Pierre Beaubercy Trepagnier - Original Owner of Plantations Taken to Build Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![Marie Celeste Delhomme Trepagnier](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95809874.V0rUj8JZ.jpg) Marie Celeste Delhomme Trepagnier |
![Kugler's Hermitage Plantation - Destroyed to Build the Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96177789.j5swFete.jpg) Kugler's Hermitage Plantation - Destroyed to Build the Spillway |
![George Kugler Family - Photo taken Where Spillway Now Stands](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96186064.E6fit6uu.jpg) George Kugler Family - Photo taken Where Spillway Now Stands |
![Displaced When She Was a Little Girl by the Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96359335.KJcUnknp.jpg) Displaced When She Was a Little Girl by the Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![Trepagnier Plantation Taken to Build Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/99857528.GHznzSg6.jpg) Trepagnier Plantation Taken to Build Spillway |
![Audrey Kugler and Rita Kugler-Cousins](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/141676691.vjaYlGGo.jpg) Audrey Kugler and Rita Kugler-Cousins |
![Francois Joseph Delhommer Home](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/122761875.1zlUEfEH.jpg) Francois Joseph Delhommer Home |
![Joseph Billion Delhommer Plantation](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/122762460.tJ77KZu9.jpg) Joseph Billion Delhommer Plantation |
![Charles Joseph Perilloux, Sr. (my oldest brother)](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/55340230.CharlesatReeds2.jpg) Charles Joseph Perilloux, Sr. (my oldest brother) |
![Rushing Waters - 2005](https://a4.pbase.com/u15/septembermorn/medium/38919476.RushingWaters.jpg) Rushing Waters - 2005 |
![Riding High](https://a4.pbase.com/u16/septembermorn/medium/39081086.RidingHigh.jpg) Riding High |
![Mississippi at flood stage -2005](https://a4.pbase.com/u40/septembermorn/medium/39369520.Mississippiatfloodstage.jpg) Mississippi at flood stage -2005 |
![National Champion_Drake_from Missouri](https://a4.pbase.com/u35/septembermorn/medium/40512802.NationalChampion_Drake_fromMissouri.jpg) National Champion_Drake_from Missouri |
![Sunset Over the Bonnet Carre Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/497506/3/45565593.SunsetOvertheBonnetCarreSpillway.jpg) Sunset Over the Bonnet Carre Spillway |
![The Sand Man Cometh](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/497506/3/46879157.Spillway_July.jpg) The Sand Man Cometh |
![Wildflowers of Spring](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/58183403.403spillwayflowers.jpg) Wildflowers of Spring |
![Skilled pilot](https://a4.pbase.com/u35/septembermorn/medium/40514029.Skilledpilot.jpg) Skilled pilot |
![Spirit of Louisiana](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/06/497506/3/74138269.gBHxR2HD.jpg) Spirit of Louisiana |
![Pelicans enjoying migration](https://a4.pbase.com/u35/septembermorn/medium/40513450.Pelicansenjoyingmigration.jpg) Pelicans enjoying migration |
![Glorious Day](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/57303580.FieldsofFlowers.jpg) Glorious Day |
![Live Oak](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/497506/3/46879681.TheKuglerFamilyLiveOak.jpg) Live Oak |
![River Batture at Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/u17/septembermorn/medium/42407635.RiverBattureatBonnetCarreSpillway.jpg) River Batture at Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![River on the Rise - February 23, 2008.](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/93363067.z3ReuKsk.jpg) River on the Rise - February 23, 2008. |
![River Side of the Spillway Locks](https://a4.pbase.com/v3/06/497506/3/44553229.SummerStormintheDistance.jpg) River Side of the Spillway Locks |
![The Raging Mississippi River - March 18, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94389386.CExvRkF1.jpg) The Raging Mississippi River - March 18, 2008 |
![High Water - March 18, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94420352.S5Tjxuew.jpg) High Water - March 18, 2008 |
![March 23, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94629607.qorsOnvR.jpg) March 23, 2008 |
![March 27, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94776661.UHgrmmtq.jpg) March 27, 2008 |
![March 27, 2008 -Spillway Needles and Gauge](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94776885.ikHtMGZB.jpg) March 27, 2008 -Spillway "Needles" and Gauge |
![Fishing for Bait - River Rise 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94785624.a6jXaOYy.jpg) Fishing for Bait - River Rise 2008 |
![Supper From the Mississippi River - River Rise 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94821904.Juqbl434.jpg) Supper From the Mississippi River - River Rise 2008 |
![March 28, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94831143.Sz0twquR.jpg) March 28, 2008 |
![River Road Is Closed Through the Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94848200.rnyhroDP.jpg) River Road Is Closed Through the Spillway |
![March 31, 2008 - River Rose a Foot Since March 28](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/94985621.urFKrxbu.jpg) March 31, 2008 - River Rose a Foot Since March 28 |
![River Nears Flood Stage - March 31, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95010038.7BY3Xmsi.jpg) River Nears Flood Stage - March 31, 2008 |
![Testing, Testing, One.......Two.....April 1, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95017940.OH36NvBP.jpg) Testing, Testing, One.......Two.....April 1, 2008 |
![Riding High](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95023552.fC4HAU3C.jpg) Riding High |
![Corps Returning from Examining the Structure](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95185318.jVs0VWbI.jpg) Corps Returning from Examining the Structure |
![April 6, 2008 - 4:00 p.m.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95258046.VDrQ0L2A.jpg) April 6, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. |
![The River Runs Wide, Swift and Deep-April 6, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95261915.mJm9yUHF.jpg) The River Runs Wide, Swift and Deep-April 6, 2008 |
![April 9, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95385418.7MOSNp52.jpg) April 9, 2008 |
![Seeping Through the Locks - April 9, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95385524.mXO1iHVb.jpg) "Seeping" Through the Locks - April 9, 2008 |
![Historic Place](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95420659.S0MwfvWq.jpg) Historic Place |
![Bonnet Carre' Spillway Needle](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95420901.jr3nmjLJ.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Spillway "Needle" |
![April 11, 2008- Ninth Opening of the Spillway - Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95460606.odTTp9u4.jpg) April 11, 2008- Ninth Opening of the Spillway - Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World |
![River Gauge Shortly Before the Noon Opening - April 11, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95516744.phQcUHO4.jpg) River Gauge Shortly Before the Noon Opening - April 11, 2008 |
![Hundreds Gather to Watch Historic Event](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95463477.V9r6jwE3.jpg) Hundreds Gather to Watch Historic Event |
![St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/144951011.WK4rpjO4.jpg) St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne |
![Louisiana Governor Jindal, Senate President Chaisson and U. S. Army Col. Starkel](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96145941.TOfMPJM3.jpg) Louisiana Governor Jindal, Senate President Chaisson and U. S. Army Col. Starkel |
![Crane Lifts a Needle from the Bay to Allow River to Flow Through](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95463846.J65UGWoO.jpg) Crane Lifts a Needle from the Bay to Allow River to Flow Through |
![Workers on Airboats Keep Watchful Eye - April 11, 2008 - Opening Day](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96519166.xVzEunh5.jpg) Workers on Airboats Keep Watchful Eye - April 11, 2008 - Opening Day |
![Spillway Locks Opened - April 11, 2008 - Noon](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95461352.o2HQrsJm.jpg) Spillway Locks Opened - April 11, 2008 - Noon |
![Governor Bobby Jindal and my grandson, Christopher Eckhardt -2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95464000.IUZWUiiK.jpg) Governor Bobby Jindal and my grandson, Christopher Eckhardt -2008 |
![Water Seeks Its Own Level as it Rushes Through Spillway Locks Towards Lake Pontchartrain](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95517001.jsioiod7.jpg) Water Seeks Its Own Level as it Rushes Through Spillway Locks Towards Lake Pontchartrain |
![Once in a Lifetime Experience](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95937946.lQZGABlD.jpg) Once in a Lifetime Experience |
![People Fascinated With Bonnet Carre' Spillway - April 12, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95526542.dj97UDzR.jpg) People Fascinated With Bonnet Carre' Spillway - April 12, 2008 |
![Bonnet Carre' Opening Attracts Every Walk of Life](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95562121.7yBzgmlv.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Opening Attracts Every Walk of Life |
![Spillway Viewed West to East from Montz, Louisiana - April 13, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95562769.bvv4ILWk.jpg) Spillway Viewed West to East from Montz, Louisiana - April 13, 2008 |
![Bonnet Carre' Spillway Train Trestle](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95673348.allLTsje.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Spillway Train Trestle |
![Camp Memory Closed by Spillway Opening - 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95675900.ireHThVF.jpg) Camp Memory Closed by Spillway Opening - 2008 |
![A Buffet for the Birds](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95697962.WEqYVVYs.jpg) A Buffet for the Birds |
![Egrets Fishing](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95640671.jrMdvn1i.jpg) Egrets Fishing |
![It's Not Called The Muddy Mississippi for Nothing- April 17, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95766394.mZ58NeYk.jpg) It's Not Called "The Muddy Mississippi" for Nothing- April 17, 2008 |
![Spillway Gauge - April 19, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/95817172.1RBe9jP8.jpg) Spillway Gauge - April 19, 2008 |
![He Keeps it Working](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96037564.THJz39ME.jpg) He Keeps it Working |
![Spillway Gauge - April 23, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96058144.GrrOzJq9.jpg) Spillway Gauge - April 23, 2008 |
![National Weather Service Hydrologists Get a Briefing](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96131351.QlJC6TaM.jpg) National Weather Service Hydrologists Get a Briefing |
![Corps' Commander Tours Bonnet Carre' Spillway-April 28, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96302624.koS5k2Tl.jpg) Corps' Commander Tours Bonnet Carre' Spillway-April 28, 2008 |
![Opened 16 days and no end in sight](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96235881.sPQzJ2ja.jpg) Opened 16 days and no end in sight |
![Commander of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Inspects Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96299949.cVP6SftC.jpg) Commander of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Inspects Spillway |
![Spillway Gauge - April 30, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96425928.qmefSRBl.jpg) Spillway Gauge - April 30, 2008 |
![Mississippi River Rages On - April 30, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96477176.U6Wdi0G9.jpg) Mississippi River Rages On - April 30, 2008 |
![Crew Returns from Closing Five Bays as Gauge Shows a Foot Drop in River](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96517401.1QCpaQMQ.jpg) Crew Returns from Closing Five Bays as Gauge Shows a Foot Drop in River |
![Bays Closed on Western End Allow Fishermen Calmer Water - May 4, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96620983.87xyN98O.jpg) Bays Closed on Western End Allow Fishermen Calmer Water - May 4, 2008 |
![River Still Pouring Through Spillway Locks' Eastern End - May 6, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96697167.3QBTGH3X.jpg) River Still Pouring Through Spillway Locks' Eastern End - May 6, 2008 |
![River Gauge on Spillway Structure - May 8, 2008 - 1:45 p.m.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96781144.QZjG5quC.jpg) River Gauge on Spillway Structure - May 8, 2008 - 1:45 p.m. |
![May 8-2:00 p.m.- As the Last Needle Drops the Spillway is Officially Closed](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/96781232.L7nh0y2T.jpg) May 8-2:00 p.m.- As the Last Needle Drops the Spillway is Officially Closed |
![River Level Slowly Receding and Spillway Gets a Rest-May 11, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/96958364.yzjPpGLs.jpg) River Level Slowly Receding and Spillway Gets a Rest-May 11, 2008 |
![Spillway Gauge May 15, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/97118979.N9Kk2Kuf.jpg) Spillway Gauge May 15, 2008 |
![Spillway Waters Low Enough for Fishing](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/97185082.JRHDLBAR.jpg) Spillway Waters Low Enough for Fishing |
![Dance of the Egrets](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/97166478.IiJuZYBF.jpg) Dance of the Egrets |
![Water Still Flowing Through Spillway Locks - May 27, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/97741424.puWkDhzt.jpg) Water Still Flowing Through Spillway Locks - May 27, 2008 |
![Crawfishing and Crabbing in the Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/98169299.3tzkkkDg.jpg) Crawfishing and Crabbing in the Spillway |
![River Drops Eight Feet - Spillway Drying Up - June 9, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/98401783.JqrwvWP2.jpg) River Drops Eight Feet - Spillway Drying Up - June 9, 2008 |
![Bonnet Carre' Spillway is All Dry - June 11, 2008](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/98573275.2n2mmmZV.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Spillway is All Dry - June 11, 2008 |
![June 16, 2008 - River side](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/98828984.Mrqafdw7.jpg) June 16, 2008 - River side |
![August 2, 2008 -River Finally Receding](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/101113411.VdB5n7Sh.jpg) August 2, 2008 -River Finally Receding |
![Spillway Road Being Repaired After Flood Season](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/104973952.4KPtELbP.jpg) Spillway Road Being Repaired After Flood Season |
![Two Live oaks (Quercus virginiana) on a cheniere](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/106053469.S1dFEgQM.jpg) Two Live oaks (Quercus virginiana) on a cheniere |
![Spillway Water Attracts Birds](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112447120.zZNLOvEt.jpg) Spillway Water Attracts Birds |
![May 11, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112456367.qCl3IaV1.jpg) May 11, 2009 |
![Mississippi River Rising Rapidly](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112506402.7U28ZsOe.jpg) Mississippi River Rising Rapidly |
![Sand Mining](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112571944.ZBnw9fZn.jpg) Sand Mining |
![Spillway Gauge - May 11, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112645798.K3EKFPwR.jpg) Spillway Gauge - May 11, 2009 |
![Spillway Gauge - May 17, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112646084.UX5V0sHd.jpg) Spillway Gauge - May 17, 2009 |
![Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/112648290.YO8MTeG1.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![River at the Spillway Rises Three Feet in Nine Days](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112781614.HQBuIZJe.jpg) River at the Spillway Rises Three Feet in Nine Days |
![Spillway Gauge on May 24, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/112911509.PeBKiz1J.jpg) Spillway Gauge on May 24, 2009 |
![Corps of Engineers Monitoring Bonnet Carre' River Levels](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/113001048.QKivcYyX.jpg) Corps of Engineers Monitoring Bonnet Carre' River Levels |
![Strike up the Band - the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Has Arrived](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/113009567.UEoieTo4.jpg) Strike up the Band - the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Has Arrived |
![Spillway Gauge May 29, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/113123893.07GPlOwg.jpg) Spillway Gauge May 29, 2009 |
![East Spillway Levee to West Spillway Levee - Spillway Structure Not Opened](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/113136682.uwW8X1q5.jpg) East Spillway Levee to West Spillway Levee - Spillway Structure Not Opened |
![Spillway Gauge at 7 p.m. on May 31, 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/113242042.5WYOkKlC.jpg) Spillway Gauge at 7 p.m. on May 31, 2009 |
![June 7, 2009 at 1 p. m.](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/113571447.KpBazdIv.jpg) June 7, 2009 at 1 p. m. |
![Fishing By the Locks](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/113571921.oERDTpdu.jpg) Fishing By the Locks |
![Unusually High Water Overflows into Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g5/06/497506/3/119063915.h8PjUcWX.jpg) Unusually High Water Overflows into Spillway |
![Mississippi River Water Seeping Through Spillway Locks](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/06/497506/3/120934118.3yXWHlCE.jpg) Mississippi River Water Seeping Through Spillway Locks |
![Roseate Spoonbills and a Snowy Egret](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/126876639.BKHTQUte.jpg) Roseate Spoonbills and a Snowy Egret |
![Bonnet Carre' Spillway Sunflowers Shortly After Sunrise](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/126910734.YBu4AGyZ.jpg) Bonnet Carre' Spillway Sunflowers Shortly After Sunrise |
![In the Sunflower Patch](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/127071980.KJaRJLZR.jpg) In the Sunflower Patch |
![River Very Low Compared to 2009](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/06/497506/3/130651884.nFVdTtKc.jpg) River Very Low Compared to 2009 |
![Mississippi Rising - March 14, 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/133176563.v8XGnrFR.jpg) Mississippi Rising - March 14, 2011 |
![Rushing Water](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/133547443.LLvW578M.jpg) Rushing Water |
![Mississippi River at Bonnet Carre' Spillway - May 1, 2011 - 18 feet on gauge](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134367227.5bb8qsVo.jpg) Mississippi River at Bonnet Carre' Spillway - May 1, 2011 - 18 feet on gauge |
![Birds fish in Spillway - May 2, 2011 - Gauge at 18 feet six inches](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134439753.Z2jkXGxy.jpg) Birds fish in Spillway - May 2, 2011 - Gauge at 18 feet six inches |
![Poor Little Fish](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134439892.ZouooVxY.jpg) Poor Little Fish |
![Live Oak (Quercus virginiana)](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134461339.D7OiYsxn.jpg) Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) |
![Female redwing blackbirds](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134461403.I2ePfObz.jpg) Female redwing blackbirds |
![Sand and Clay Mining](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134461882.HBWEz6Go.jpg) Sand and Clay Mining |
![Fishermen Enjoy rising Water of Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134461998.kPS9ty8x.jpg) Fishermen Enjoy rising Water of Spillway |
![Boys and Water 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134462551.Cak1Yuvz.jpg) Boys and Water 2011 |
![River Road through Spillway Closed - May 4, 2011 - Gauge at 19 feet 4 inches](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134462598.ZiU8OYFq.jpg) River Road through Spillway Closed - May 4, 2011 - Gauge at 19 feet 4 inches |
![Great Blue Heron in Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134441222.jk8l8QEK.jpg) Great Blue Heron in Spillway |
![Great Blue Heron - Reminds Me of our Mardi Gras Indians](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134402736.3g2epHNk.jpg) Great Blue Heron - Reminds Me of our Mardi Gras Indians |
![Spillway Gauge at 20 feet - Opening in Three Days](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134504244.hfB1T2VG.jpg) Spillway Gauge at 20 feet - Opening in Three Days |
![Opening Delayed Few Minutes Because of Fog - 2011- Gauge at 22 feet](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134571098.RvUOBvqo.jpg) Opening Delayed Few Minutes Because of Fog - 2011- Gauge at 22 feet |
![Official Opening of the Spillway - May 9, 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134571159.OYZRsDGs.jpg) Official Opening of the Spillway - May 9, 2011 |
![First Bays Opened in Spillway Structure - 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134571177.2WXMxAZR.jpg) First Bays Opened in Spillway Structure - 2011 |
![They Run the Show and Control the Flow](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134579101.TK24tzjY.jpg) They Run the Show and Control the Flow |
![One Guards the Levees - the Other Guards the Bonnet Carre'](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134594525.jXzWvCD1.jpg) One Guards the Levees - the Other Guards the Bonnet Carre' |
![More Bays are Opened in Structure](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134601074.JjVE6wr7.jpg) More Bays are Opened in Structure |
![River Dangerously High](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134601094.2SpuQWK8.jpg) River Dangerously High |
![The Balance of Nature](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134648087.5Nrvp8VD.jpg) The Balance of Nature |
![Train Trestle that Crosses Spillway (please read under photo)](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134648454.CziSKsrG.jpg) Train Trestle that Crosses Spillway (please read under photo) |
![2011-Where the Mississippi River Water Flows Into Lake Pontchartrain -Gauge at River 22 feet and steady](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134676833.676COAn6.jpg) 2011-Where the Mississippi River Water Flows Into Lake Pontchartrain -Gauge at River 22 feet and steady |
![Sunset on the Mississippi River at the Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134734478.PDGDch7G.jpg) Sunset on the Mississippi River at the Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![Mississippi River has reached its Crest here according to USACE](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134767492.Hw2xGk9X.jpg) Mississippi River has reached its Crest here according to USACE |
![Hwy. 61 (Airline Highway) on Montz side of Spillway Bridge - 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134798652.COwCuGnP.jpg) Hwy. 61 (Airline Highway) on Montz side of Spillway Bridge - 2011 |
![Opened Spillway Structure in Foreground - 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134798690.9k9HhjRa.jpg) Opened Spillway Structure in Foreground - 2011 |
![Spillway Gauge at 23 feet, the highest I've Ever Seen It](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134798809.w4Oiifa6.jpg) Spillway Gauge at 23 feet, the highest I've Ever Seen It |
![Interstate 10 Over Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134863574.Nl8JDIFG.jpg) Interstate 10 Over Spillway |
![Batture Living-Saved by the Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134917478.fieARoFz.jpg) Batture Living-Saved by the Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![Track that carries Amtrak - CN Railroad](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/134983795.hPbHKJ0w.jpg) Track that carries Amtrak - CN Railroad |
![Spillway Gauge May 27, 2011 - four inches higher than May 9 when it opened](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135068197.ord2awmT.jpg) Spillway Gauge May 27, 2011 - four inches higher than May 9 when it opened |
![Water Still Pouring into Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135068204.TdlKWfzf.jpg) Water Still Pouring into Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![River gauge at Spillway Structure is 22 feet one inch.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135167773.qjjli01e.jpg) River gauge at Spillway Structure is 22 feet one inch. |
![Sunset following a Scorching Day-Spillway Gauge is 22 feet](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135205070.6vsD7w1m.jpg) Sunset following a Scorching Day-Spillway Gauge is 22 feet |
![Opened 32 days and still going strong 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135452937.htj0tNVa.jpg) Opened 32 days and still going strong 2011 |
![Spillway Now Opened for 38 Days--Closing Some Bays 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135638040.YE2HZrFo.jpg) Spillway Now Opened for 38 Days--Closing Some Bays 2011 |
![Hopefully, the live oaks can breathe again 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135651286.nolfGrKk.jpg) Hopefully, the live oaks can breathe again 2011 |
![June 18,2011 - Only 20 bays left open - Gauge reads 19 feet](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135675114.KSlaZDwg.jpg) June 18,2011 - Only 20 bays left open - Gauge reads 19 feet |
![Winding Down 2011](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/135680640.VmrFl0YM.jpg) Winding Down 2011 |
![Soil from 3/4 of the United States](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/138236157.JVfrArZT.jpg) Soil from 3/4 of the United States |
![Spiillway Nature Trail](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/06/497506/3/141717634.awmnbpja.jpg) Spiillway Nature Trail |
![May 25, 2013](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/150413242.y8JciyoY.jpg) May 25, 2013 |
![Mississippi River Rising June 15, 2014](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/156134183.nLGCJcfr.jpg) Mississippi River Rising June 15, 2014 |
![River out of its banks March 15 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/159463327.21eVXFrw.jpg) River out of its banks March 15 2015 |
![May 2, 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/159926273.jmBKJvUB.jpg) May 2, 2015 |
![Spillway Gauge on May 2, 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/159926280.WXQBMjdl.jpg) Spillway Gauge on May 2, 2015 |
![Mississippi River water on way to Lake Pontchartrain via Bonnet Carre' Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/159926310.gF13sCht.jpg) Mississippi River water on way to Lake Pontchartrain via Bonnet Carre' Spillway |
![July 10, 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/160698165.1dFSmX5d.jpg) July 10, 2015 |
![Water Seeping Through Locks on its Way to Lake Pontchartrain Spillway 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/160698173.33G93JII.jpg) Water Seeping Through Locks on its Way to Lake Pontchartrain Spillway 2015 |
![Unusual River Rise for the Month of July 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/160779368.OFm6ffeb.jpg) Unusual River Rise for the Month of July 2015 |
![July 28, 2015--Unprecedented for July](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/160877229.sMkxiOdr.jpg) July 28, 2015--Unprecedented for July |
![Water pours through cracks in Spillway locks - July 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/160877234.ozvNcnuM.jpg) Water pours through cracks in Spillway locks - July 2015 |
![High Water Houses Pelicans at the Spillway Locks December 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162076411.1bsFNb8u.jpg) High Water Houses Pelicans at the Spillway Locks December 2015 |
![Ships riding high on the swollen Mississippi January 2, 2015](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162253351.YlIflDkE.jpg) Ships riding high on the swollen Mississippi January 2, 2015 |
![The mighty and muddy Mississippi River knocking at the Door 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162299279.JVVRmSmz.jpg) The mighty and muddy Mississippi River knocking at the Door 2016 |
![11th opening January 10, 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162309085.a1dQ3pIU.jpg) 11th opening January 10, 2016 |
![Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr headed to opening of Spillway January 10 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162311186.5zXKVfLp.jpg) Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr headed to opening of Spillway January 10 2016 |
![An event of interest](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162311239.vOJsmERu.jpg) An event of interest |
![Opening the bays on the Montz side of the Spillway January 10 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162311340.gOBNQLMc.jpg) Opening the bays on the Montz side of the Spillway January 10 2016 |
![Katherine Landry and Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162311357.X6g0m1mP.jpg) Katherine Landry and Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr |
![Pulling up a needle that holds the water back 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162323715.4sz2KX4z.jpg) Pulling up a "needle" that holds the water back 2016 |
![A view through the open bays of the Spillway to industry across the River](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162337648.2nr4mZIO.jpg) A view through the open bays of the Spillway to industry across the River |
![A Steady Stream of Visitors Every Day](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162410912.ngRsIYbI.jpg) A Steady Stream of Visitors Every Day |
![January 31, 2016](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162464875.Xg8yNIbj.jpg) January 31, 2016 |
![Closing some of the bays on the Montz side](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162464883.t6qibQ1V.jpg) Closing some of the bays on the Montz side |
![Water is still pouring into the Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162464885.i9QFladT.jpg) Water is still pouring into the Spillway |
![A Carp](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162464887.0nxm42Py.jpg) A Carp |
![White and Brown Pelicans Wait for Fish in the Spillway Waters](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/06/497506/3/162465365.P19Y5m9Y.jpg) White and Brown Pelicans Wait for Fish in the Spillway Waters |
![Mississippi River at Flood Stage May 2017](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/165516114.0Lv3XtC9.jpg) Mississippi River at Flood Stage May 2017 |
![Brown Pelican sits atop the Spillway Structure](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167081300.OJW7ikPY.jpg) Brown Pelican sits atop the Spillway Structure |
![Engineers may have to open the Spillway](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167081349.qCNuNjFk.jpg) Engineers may have to open the Spillway |
![Col. Michael Clancy, Commander of the Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167094033.NCUjOLxl.jpg) Col. Michael Clancy, Commander of the Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District |
![Gauge on the Structure March 5 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167093996.I63uRMTz.jpg) Gauge on the Structure March 5 2018 |
![River Height on March 5, 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167093997.SHlQemss.jpg) River Height on March 5, 2018 |
![Setting the Mississippi Free March 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167107410.3xANq6sc.jpg) Setting the Mississippi Free March 2018 |
![Beginning to pull the needles in the structure to open the Spillway 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167108277.bssUn8g1.jpg) Beginning to pull the needles in the structure to open the Spillway 2018 |
![Major General Richard Kaiser and Col. Michael Clancy of the Corps of Engineers address the crowd](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167108281.nNc0CfpR.jpg) Major General Richard Kaiser and Col. Michael Clancy of the Corps of Engineers address the crowd |
![The crew who do the dangerous work on the structure of removing the needles](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167108282.O8ZIPOGz.jpg) The crew who do the dangerous work on the structure of removing the needles |
![The Crowd at the 12th opening of the Bonnet Carre' Spillway March 8, 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167108289.t4zTDxlq.jpg) The Crowd at the 12th opening of the Bonnet Carre' Spillway March 8, 2018 |
![March 12 2018](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167131016.i51Uxxsg.jpg) March 12 2018 |
![River rushing through the locks on its way to Lake Pontchartrainet](https://a4.pbase.com/g10/06/497506/3/167131019.K8CulP9R.jpg) River rushing through the locks on its way to Lake Pontchartrainet |
![January 28 2019 River seeping through Spillway locks](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/06/497506/3/168752644.LBZbj5hy.jpg) January 28 2019 River seeping through Spillway locks |
![February 27, 2019.....13th opening](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/168865541.z38z6w5Y.jpg) February 27, 2019.....13th opening |
![U. S. Army Colonel Mike Clancy and me](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/168873081.JsZhwaZc.jpg) U. S. Army Colonel Mike Clancy and me |
![All that is needed to open the Spillway locks](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/168880732.en8NU3iF.jpg) All that is needed to open the Spillway locks |
![March 7, 2019--one foot higher than the day it was opened](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/168892569.eqCr9BQA.jpg) March 7, 2019--one foot higher than the day it was opened |
![An entire family of four generations](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169165027.BpqqdBct.jpg) An entire family of four generations |
![Spillway Opens Twice in 2019 14th Opening](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169178424.a1lQv1lA.jpg) Spillway Opens Twice in 2019 14th Opening |
![River Much Higher than the Spillway Land](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169200584.1qMDGUp2.jpg) River Much Higher than the Spillway Land |
![July 2, 2019--opened 100 days so far this year](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169457360.PO5uxrvK.jpg) July 2, 2019--opened 100 days so far this year |
![Closing the Bays of the Spillway after more than 150 days in operation](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554801.ZewPq6LF.jpg) Closing the Bays of the Spillway after more than 150 days in operation |
![Dangerous and hard work](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554802.JB1L7YlK.jpg) Dangerous and hard work |
![The gauge on the structure is at 20 feet which is still considered flood stage](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554803.gBHlc4RE.jpg) The gauge on the structure is at 20 feet which is still considered flood stage |
![92 degrees in the shade, hard day](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554804.rOmuKP6F.jpg) 92 degrees in the shade, hard day |
![Live Oaks have been in water for more than 150 days, hoping they survive](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554805.FxOAuYoK.jpg) Live Oaks have been in water for more than 150 days, hoping they survive |
![River Water pouring through the spaces between the pins, may go on for several weeks](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169554806.5bN6EhH6.jpg) River Water pouring through the spaces between the pins, may go on for several weeks |
![Finally, locks closed on July 27, 2019](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/169648109.kQ1ct3E6.jpg) Finally, locks closed on July 27, 2019 |
![November 16, 2019 River on the Rise Again](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/170080301.i2lYyfjf.jpg) November 16, 2019 River on the Rise Again |
![Spillway April 2020](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/170580390.DigCSB5s.jpg) Spillway April 2020 |
![April 18 2020](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/170633228.C05IjZxG.jpg) April 18 2020 |
![Montz side of Bonnet Carre' Spillway April 18 2020](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/170633229.fHcauWyC.jpg) Montz side of Bonnet Carre' Spillway April 18 2020 |
![April 18, 2021 River on the Rise](https://a4.pbase.com/g12/06/497506/3/171570617.8GsGBkYS.jpg) April 18, 2021 River on the Rise |