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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. It covers an area of 630 square miles (1,600 km 2 ) with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m).
Fontainebleau State Park is located in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The park is 2,800 acres (1,100 ha) in size and was once the site of a sugar cane plantation and brickyard operated by Bernard de Marigny and later by his son Armand Marigny. The park has a multitude of habitats for birds.
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Bayou St. John (French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain.
Mandeville is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2020 United States census, [2] its population was 13,192. Mandeville is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12.
The river's banks are home to several marinas, the largest in the area being Marina del Ray, a riverside park, yacht marinas, restaurants, coffee shops, and bars, and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum.
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, [2] is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long.
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