page_title: Pilottown, Louisiana
hierarchical_section_title: Pilottown, Louisiana
caption_attribution_description: Pilottown, Louisiana Note: LOC website lists image as "Pilottown, Mississippi"; it is actually in Louisiana, on the banks of the Mississippi River.
context_page_description: Pilottown is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  It serves as a base for river pilots to guide ships across the bar and up and down the Mississippi River.
  In the 18th and 19th centuries, the French settlement and fort that preceded Pilottown near the mouth of the Mississippi was known as La Balize, a name that meant "seamark" in French. La Balize was located about ten miles downriver from Pilottown.
context_section_description: Pilottown (or Pilot Town) is an unincorporated community  in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
  It serves as a base for river pilots to guide ships across the bar and up and down the Mississippi River.
  In the 18th and 19th centuries, the French settlement and fort that preceded Pilottown near the mouth of the Mississippi was known as La Balize, a name that meant "seamark" in French. La Balize was located about ten miles (16 km) downriver from Pilottown.
caption: Before Katrina
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