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Moss Bluff is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,522 at the 2020 census . Located just north of the city of Lake Charles , it is considered a suburb of that city.
The South Pass Light, also known as the Port Eads Lighthouse [1] [Note 1] South Point Light, or Gordon's Island Light, are a pair of lighthouses located on Gordon's Island at South Pass, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana , one of the primary entrances to the Mississippi River Delta from the Gulf of Mexico. The light station was established in ...
The school opened in 1961 to serve the unincorporated area of Lake Charles north of English Bayou, called Moss Bluff; it succeeded Gillis High School. [2] The school began with an enrollment of 300 students in grades 7–12. Gabe Barkate was the first principal. [3]
Southwest Reef Light is a historic lighthouse built in 1856 at the end of Southwest Reef in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana to replace lightships which had been stationed there for ten years.
The company was founded as EuroKids International in 2001 by Prajodh Rajan and Vikas Phadnis. It entered the K12 segment with a series of EuroSchools in 2009. [3] In 2013, its 50% stake was acquired by Gaja Capital along with its Swiss investor Partners Group, [4] later increasing their shareholding in the company to 75% as the company acquired Kangaroo Kids and Billabong International High ...
Mossville is a small, predominantly African American unincorporated community [1] on the outskirts of Lake Charles in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States.It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area and is sandwiched between the much larger and predominantly white towns of Sulphur to the west and Westlake to the east.
Gillis is located in northeastern Calcasieu Parish, 07 miles (11 km) north of Lake Charles and 36 miles (58 km) south of DeRidder. U.S. Route 171 is the main road through the community.
The remaining lighthouse station is "one of the most complete light stations in the United States". [7] Atop the lighthouse spins a third-order Fresnel lens with four panels containing 90 lead glass prisms and weighing 6800 pounds, constructed by Chance Brothers, an English company, and shipped to Point Cabrillo around Cape Horn. The light is ...