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The Calcasieu River (/ ˈ k æ l k ə ˌ ʃ uː / KAL-kə-shoo; French: Rivière Calcasieu) is a river on the Gulf Coast in southwestern Louisiana. [1] Approximately 200 miles (320 km) long, [ 2 ] it drains a largely rural area of forests and bayou country, meandering southward to the Gulf of Mexico .
Office with generator building in foreground, circa 2000. Hurricane Rita made landfall between Sabine Pass, Texas, and Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, at 02:38 CDT (07:38 UTC) on September 24, 2005 as a category 3 Hurricane with winds at 115 mph. Winds in Eastern Vermilion Parish were at strong tropical force/ weak hurricane force causing minimal wind damage to Schooner Bayou Control Structure.
Calcasieu Parish was created in 1840 from the Parish of Saint Landry. The new parish was the largest in the state, larger than either of the two smallest states, Delaware and Rhode Island . [ 3 ] This size, which ultimately was divided into five parishes, led to the parish's nickname "Imperial Calcasieu."
Protected areas of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (1 P) Pages in category "Geography of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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The ship channel runs along the west side of Calcasieu Lake between the lake and "West Cove". [4] It is a combination of natural lakes, streams, and man-made cuts. [5] The Calcasieu Ship Channel comprises two sections, the "Outer Bar" at 33 miles (29 nmi), 30 miles (26 nmi) pass the seaward state boundary, [6] and "The Inner Channel" at 32 miles (28 nmi) measured from the three mile seaward ...
Calcasieu Lake is a brackish lake located in southwest Louisiana, United States, located mostly within Cameron Parish. The Lake, also known as Big Lake to the local population, is paralleled on its west shore by Louisiana Highway 27 , and is located about 17 mi (27 km) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana .
A chart datum is the water level surface serving as origin of depths displayed on a nautical chart and for reporting and predicting tide heights. A chart datum is generally derived from some tidal phase, in which case it is also known as a tidal datum. [1] Common chart datums are lowest astronomical tide (LAT) [1] and mean lower low water (MLLW).