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There is a toll booth to the island - Bob was surprised to have to pay 50 cents toll although I had told him about that. It's called an environmental fee. When we were there, you could take tours of the salt mines, but they no longer give those tours. It is now leased to Cargill.
Updated Sep 3, 2008
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Favorite thing: The trees are full of birds on Avery Island.
We were very lucky to see a Pileated Woodpecker when we visited.
Written Jan 20, 2005
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The trees are full of birds on Avery Island.We were very lucky to see a Pileated Woodpecker when we visited.
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Avery Island is not an island at all but the largest of Louisiana's five major salt domes. The island is bordered on three sides by marsh, and on the forth by cypress swamps thick with wildlife. Here...
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Avery Island is such a unique island. It really is a salt dome, extending eight miles beneath the surface. that pushed the earth up around it forming Avery Island. All around this amazing island is......
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