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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).
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.
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.
Roughly 90 miles from Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and a mere 30 miles south of the Canadian border, Priest Lake State Park is a camping mecca for outdoor aficionados.
The refuge has unique habitat zones that contain diverse combinations of plant communities. These zones begin with the sandy beach fringing Lake Pontchartrain. Moving inland, the next zone is the brackish marsh. The third zone has a water level that is slightly below the marsh floor and the predominant plants are wiregrass and spike rush.
In the 19th century, the Tchefuncte River was an important commercial waterway, where building materials and other products of the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain were loaded to be shipped across the Lake to New Orleans. Today, The Tchefuncte River, located in southeastern Louisiana, is known for its scenic beauty and serves as a popular spot ...
Lake Livingston State Park: Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway: Parker 3,282.5 acres (1,328.4 ha) 1981 Lake Mineral Wells State Park: Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway - includes Birch Creek Unit and Nails Creek Unit Burleson, Lee 5,520 acres (2,233.9 ha) 1970 Lake Summerville State Park: Lake Tawakoni State Park: Hunt 376 acres ...
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.