Lake Borgne
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Lake Borgne is a lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Louisiana. Although early maps show it as a lake surrounded by land, coastal erosion has made it an arm of the Gulf of Mexico.
A strip of marsh separates the MRGO (left) from the lake (right)
Lake Pontchartrain
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Lake Pontchartrain is an estuary in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers 630 square miles with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet. Some shipping channels are kept deeper through dredg
Lake Borgne
…maps show it as a lake surrounded by land, coastal erosion has made it an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. In southern Louisiana, three large lakes—Maurepas, Pontchartrain, and Borgne—cover 55% of the Pontchartrain Basin. A brackish marsh land bridge and Lake St. Catherine separate Lake Pontchartrain from Lake Borgne. The…
Lake Pontchartrain from southbound causeway entrance
Lake Pontchartrain's north shore at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, Louisiana, in 2004
At the southern terminus of LA 1077 in Madisonville, this lighthouse is on the west estuary of the Tchefuncte River at Lake Pontchartrain and was constructed in 1837.
Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans during Hurricane Georges in 1998; lakefront fishing camps outside of the protection levee suffered severe damage.