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B. ^ In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the lighthouse. New Canal Light eventually collapsed the following year and was rebuilt/relit by 2012. C. ^ The jetty that the front light was on has since disappeared. The front light was either removed by human or by nature.
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 ...
Port Eads is found at the southern end of the center branch. A lighthouse there serves oceangoing ships. It is accessible only by boat and helicopter. [2] It is used primarily by offshore fishermen who begin their journey in Venice, Louisiana, 20.3 miles to the north. Port Eads offers docking and refueling premises, bunk rooms with an in room ...
Articles about lighthouses in the U.S. state of Louisiana. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see Lighthouses in the United States . Subcategories
The Sabine Pass Lighthouse, or Sabine Pass Light as it was referred to by the United States Coast Guard, is a historic lighthouse, as part of a gulf coast light station, on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River, in Cameron Parish, across from the community of Sabine Pass, Texas. It was first lit in 1857 and was deactivated by the Coast Guard ...
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The Tchefuncte River Lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places July 14, 1986. It is only accessible by boat. The lighthouse, visible from Marina del Ray down to the parking area at the Madisonville Boat Launch, survived Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and remains an important historical site. The lighthouse keepers' cottage ...
Pass Manchac Light was a historic lighthouse in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, which was originally established in 1838, to mark the north side of the entrance to Pass Manchac, the channel between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. The fourth and last tower on this particular site was constructed in 1857 and was in service for 130 years.