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Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is a brackish lake located on the Calcasieu River in Southwest Louisiana, United States, situated almost entirely within the Lake Charles city limits. The Calcasieu Ship Channel flows along the western side for large ships to pass and is the western boundary of the city limits. [ 1 ]
Lake Charles is the principal city of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 240,082 as of 2023. It is the larger principal city of the Lake Charles-DeRidder combined statistical area, with a population of 276,909. [26] The 2020 population of the five-parish region of Southwest Louisiana was 313,951. [27]
Finally in 1852, Jacob Ryan was successful in having the parish seat relocated from Marion to the east bank of Lake Charles. This parish seat was incorporated in 1857 as the town of Charleston; it was reincorporated in 1868 as Lake Charles. It is located about six miles (9.7 km) from Marion, now known as Old Town.
The Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Acadiana region of southwest Louisiana that covers three parishes—Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. According to a 2023 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 240,082. [ 1 ]
The ship channel runs along the west side of Calcasieu Lake between the lake and "West Cove". [4] It is a combination of natural lakes, streams, and man-made cuts. [5] The Calcasieu Ship Channel comprises two sections, the "Outer Bar" at 33 miles (29 nmi), 30 miles (26 nmi) pass the seaward state boundary, [6] and "The Inner Channel" at 32 miles (28 nmi) measured from the three mile seaward ...
The original community of Prien is located on the southeast shore of Prien Lake, a widening in the Calcasieu River, but the CDP now extends south as far as West Gauthier Road. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 6.6 square miles (17.2 km 2 ), of which 6.0 square miles (15.6 km 2 ) is land and 0.62 square ...
The lake's designated uses, according to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, are recreation, and the propagation of fish and wildlife. Prien Lake supports both recreational and commercial fishing, and fish species include croaker, redfish, speckled trout, flounder, and black drum. [1] [5] Two public parks provide access to Prien ...
The Port of Lake Charles is an industrial port based in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.A.It is a major employer in Lake Charles. It is the twelfth-busiest port in the United States according to the American Association of Port Authorities U.S. Port Ranking by Cargo Tonnage, 2013 report [1] and the 83rd-busiest in the world in terms of tonnage according to the American Association of ...