Lake Pontchartrain (/ˈpɒntʃətreɪn/ PON-chə-trayn) is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of 630 square...
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The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain), also known simply as The Causeway, is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges...
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"The Lakes of Pontchartrain" is a ballad from the United States about a man who is given shelter by a Louisiana Creole woman. He falls in love with her...
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Pontchartrain Beach was an amusement park located in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It was founded by Harry J. Batt...
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Lake Pontchartrain Bridge may refer to: Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge Maestri Bridge on US 11 I-10 Twin Span...
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The Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a single-ship action on September 10, 1779, part of the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought between the British sloop-of-war...
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halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, directly west of Lake Pontchartrain. Lake Maurepas was named for Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas...
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which did not recover for decades after the peace. The opening of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway and associated highways gradually brought Madisonville into...
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a straight line north to Lake Pontchartrain; this line is the boundary between the Ninth and the city's Eighth Ward. The Lake forms the north and northeastern...
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shorter course through Lake Pontchartrain to the Gulf of Mexico. Diversion of the Mississippi's main channel through Lake Pontchartrain would have consequences...
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