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Lake Pontchartrain from southbound causeway entrance Lake Pontchartrain's north shore at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, Louisiana, in 2004. Lake Pontchartrain (/ ˈ p ɒ n tʃ ə t r eɪ n / PON-chə-trayn; [1] French: Lac Pontchartrain) is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.
In 1837, the Tchefuncte River Range Lights was built to guide vessels across Lake Pontchartrain to the mouth of the Tchefuncte River. The lighting apparatus was supplied by Winslow Lewis and consisted of nine lamps with several 14-inch reflectors. The lighthouse was damaged sometime during the Civil War and was repaired in 1867.
The dream of a shipping canal connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain goes back to Spanish colonial times (1763–1803). The colonial era Carondelet Canal connected the back side of the French Quarter with the lake via Bayou St. John , but it was not extended to the river because of the differing levels of the river and the lake.
Pages in category "Lake Pontchartrain" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Lake Pontchartrain; B.
Lake St. Catherine (French: Lac Sainte-Catherine) is a brackish-water lake that is located in eastern Orleans Parish, within the city limits of New Orleans, between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne in Louisiana. [1] [2] Between Lake St. Catherine and Lake Borgne was the original Town of Lake Catherine. Established between Unknown Pass and ...
New Canal Lighthouse and Southern Yacht Club. West End (also referred to as West Lakeview) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lake Pontchartrain to the north, the New Basin Canal and Pontchartrain Boulevard to the east, Veterans Boulevard to the south, and the 17th Street Canal ...
Black drum caught in Lake Pontchartrain. Black drum are bottom feeders, so they are most commonly caught with bait either on the bottom or suspended within a couple feet of the bottom. Bottom fishing methods are used both in surf fishing and inshore fishing. [14]
A road was planned by Pierre Denis de la Ronde (1762 - 1824), the planned road went from Little Woods to the town of Versailles, Louisiana in St. Bernard Parish he envisioned a canal linking Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi River along what is now Paris Road. In 1803 Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana territories to the Spain.