Venice is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.
It is the last community down the Mississippi accessible by automobile, and it is the southern terminus of the Great River Road.
[4] In 2000, a deck hand on a shrimp boat was accused of the murder of his captain, whose body was discovered a few days after a storm on the Gulf of Mexico.
The media, including newspapers in the city, discovered that the man had been coerced into making a false confession, and he was eventually acquitted.
[2] Local industries include commercial and sport fishing, as well as service and transport for off-shore petroleum platforms.
[10] Prior to 2005 Boothville-Venice High School (PreK-12) served the community,[11] but Hurricane Katrina damaged the original building.