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Turkey Creek is located in northern Evangeline Parish at (30.879393, -92.409464 U.S. Route 167 passes through the village, leading southeast 17 miles (27 km) to Ville Platte , the parish seat , and north 10 miles (16 km) to Interstate 49 .
The Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System was established in 1970, ... Big Creek - 081608; Calcasieu River - 030102; Fish Creek - 081606;
As a result, Congress authorized SELA to improve flood control and rainfall drainage systems in Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany Parishes. The authorization was contained in Section 108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1996 and Section 533 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1996.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For months, residents in the southeast corner of Louisiana have relied on bottled water for drinking and cooking, with the water from the faucet coming out salty.
A mass inflow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Louisiana, prompting Gov. John Bel Edwards to ask ...
Evangeline Parish is mentioned in the Randy Newman song "Louisiana 1927", in which he described the Great Mississippi Flood which covered it with six feet of water. Ville Platte, Louisiana, the seat of Evangeline Parish, was itself so named by one of Napoleon Bonaparte's former soldiers, Adjutant Major Marcellin Garand (1781–1852), of Savoy ...
Red River. Black River. Little River. Castor Creek; Dugdemona River; Tensas River. Bayou Macon; Ouachita River. Boeuf River. Bayou Bonne Idee; Bayou Lafourche (Boeuf River tributary)
The land was once set to be used for housing for the Turkey Creek community, of which there are around 2,200 residents, as of 2021. [ 1 ] Using a combination of Wild Spaces Public Places [ a ] funds and a $1.5 million grant from the Florida Communities Trust , Alachua County purchased the preserve from the Gainesville Investment Group for $4 ...