Port Eads is a populated place at the southern tip of the Mississippi River, also known as South Pass, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was designated as a National Historic Civil E
Lighthouse at Port Eads
Port Eads drawing from Feb. 9, 1884 Harper's Weekly.
Head of Passes is where the main stem of the Mississippi River branches off into three distinct directions at its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico: Southwest Pass, Pass A Loutre and South Pass. They are pa