A previous post about Camp Parapet indicated it was closed to the public on my visit by Puch Maxi. Recently I rode by again. This time it was open—that is, someone forgot to lock the gate! It was a tight squeeze thru but successful and was able to see the grass-cover mound which is all that remains of the old powder magazine. For the record, I did not go on the mound as the “Keep Off” sign instructs.
Camp Parapet was part of a Confederate military fortification constructed in 1861 to protect the city of New Orleans from a north attack on the Mississippi River. Intended to help defend against both a naval and land attack, it stretched from the river to Lake Pontchartrain. Because the Union fleet took the city by sailing in from the south, it was never used. All that remains of Camp Parapet is a grass-covered powder magazine near the river levee (not open to the public). Also on this location is American Legion Jefferson Post 267 (which explains the World War II artillery in the background).
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