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Bayou Bienvenue is a 12.1-mile-long (19.5 km) [1] bayou and "ghost swamp" [2] in southeastern Louisiana. It runs along the political border between Orleans Parish and St. Bernard Parish to the east of New Orleans .
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou (/ ˈ b aɪ. uː, ˈ b aɪ. oʊ /) [1] is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek.
The barrier runs generally north-south from a point just east of Michoud Canal on the north bank of the GIWW and just south of the existing Bayou Bienvenue flood control structure. Navigation gates where the barrier crosses the GIWW and Bayou Bienvenue can be worked to reduce the risk of storm surge coming from Lake Borgne and/or the Gulf of ...
Battery Bienvenue is a ruined coastal gun battery located in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. It was built as part of the harbor defense of New Orleans, and located at a strategic fork where Bayou Bienvenue and Bayou Villeré join. Bayou Bienvenue, from Lake Borgne, was the route used by the British late in 1814 to approach the city.
Bashman Bayou - 041803; Bayou Bienvenue - 042002; Bayou Cane - 040903 and 040904; Bayou Chaperon - 041802; Bayou Chinchuba - 040904; Bayou des Allemands - 020201 and 020301; Bayou Dupre - 041804; Bayou LaBranche - 041201; Bayou Lacombe - 040901 and 040902; Bayou St. John - 041301; Bayou Trepagnier - 041202; Blind River - 040401 and 040403 ...
Abita River; Amite River; Antoine Creek; Atchafalaya River; Bay Natchez; Bayou Bartholomew; Bayou Bienvenue; Bayou Bourbeux; Bayou Bonfouca; Bayou Brevelle; Bayou ...
The Mississippi River–Gulf Outlet Canal (abbreviated as MR-GO or MRGO) is a 76 mi (122 km) channel constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the direction of Congress in the mid-20th century that provided a shorter route between the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans' inner harbor Industrial Canal via the Intracoastal Waterway.
Bienvenue may refer to: Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852–1936), French civil engineer largely known for construction of Paris underground railway; Bienvenue, French Guiana, a town in French Guiana; Bayou Bienvenue, a bayou in Louisiana; La Bienvenue was a 28-gun French warship launched in 1788. She was captured by the British in 1794 and renamed HMS ...