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The Tchefuncte site is located in the marsh a half-mile north of Lake Pontchartrain in eastern Louisiana. [3] The Tchefuncte site originally contained two oval-shaped shell middens, designated Midden A and Midden B. Midden A is about 52 meters long, 15 m wide, and 1.5 m thick.
Madisonville's colorful waterfront, viewed here looking north from the drawbridge on LA 22, features outdoor dining along the Tchefuncte River estuary. The Tchefuncte has been designated by the government of Louisiana as a "Natural and Scenic River". Fairview-Riverside State Park is located along the river, upstream of Madisonville.
Big Oak-Little Oak Islands is located along an old shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain in or near the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Tchefuncte River Range Lights are a range that was first established in 1838 to aid vessels entering the Tchefuncte River from the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. The lighting apparatus was supplied by Winslow Lewis and consisted of nine lamps with several fourteen-inch reflectors.
It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain. [2] The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long." [5] [6] A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana. [3]
The town of Madisonville is located on the banks of the Tchefuncte River, near where the river enters Lake Pontchartrain. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 2.51 square miles (6.51 km 2 ), of which 2.49 square miles (6.46 km 2 ) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.06 km 2 ), or 0.86%, is water. [ 6 ]
Tchefuncte may refer to: Tchefuncte site; Tchefuncte River; Tchefuncte River Range Lights This page was last edited on 19 July 2022, at 20:06 (UTC). Text is ...
The Raffman site ( 16 MA 20 ) is an archaeological site located in Madison Parish, Louisiana and constructed between 700 and 1200 CE. [1] It has components from the Tchefuncte culture and the Coles Creek culture, whose main period of occupation was during the Balmoral phase (1000-1100 CE) of the Tensas Basin and Natchez Bluffs chronology and which was virtually deserted by the end of the ...