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It is primarily a sport fishing community with few permanent residents. The Irish Bayou Castle, also known as Fisherman's Castle, was built in 1981 in preparation for the 1984 Louisiana world exposition. The castle is now owned and used by Charles and Jean Khul [2] as a hunting and fishing camp. [3] The origin of the community of Irish Bayou is ...
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park is located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana and St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA. It is located about 18 miles (29 km) east of St. Martinville adjacent to the Atchafalaya Basin. The park is 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) in size and was once the home of the Chitimacha Indians.
The Rigolets is spanned by two bridges. The western terminus of the U.S. Route 90 Rigolets Bridge is located immediately north of Fort Pike. It was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and required major repairs. [7]
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.
The area has a long-standing reputation as one of America's best fishing spots with access to over 300 species of fish. [7] At one time, the park's fishing pier was especially popular, but it was destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and had to be repaired. [8] [9] An observation tower provides fine views of the surrounding coastal scenery.
Grand Bayou is an unincorporated Native American community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The coastal village is home to the Atakapa Ishak Chawasha tribe and is only accessible by water. It is primarily self-sustaining and relies heavily on fishing. [3] The village's population was around 1,000 in the 1940s. [1]
Bayou Manchac is an 18-mile-long (29 km) [1] bayou in southeast Louisiana, USA.First called the Iberville River ("rivière d'Iberville") by its French discoverers, [2] [3] the bayou was once a very important waterway linking the Mississippi River (west end) to the Amite River (east end).
Lake Borgne [right center] is southeast of Lake Pontchartrain and east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Coastal erosion has transformed Borgne into a lagoon connecting to the Gulf of Mexico. Early 18th-century maps show Borgne as a true lake, largely separated from the gulf by a considerable extent of wetlands that have since