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The Port of Lake Charles is an industrial port based in the city of Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S.A.It is a major employer in Lake Charles. It is the twelfth-busiest port in the United States according to the American Association of Port Authorities U.S. Port Ranking by Cargo Tonnage, 2013 report [1] and the 83rd-busiest in the world in terms of tonnage according to the American Association of ...
Lake Charles is the principal city of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 240,082 as of 2023. It is the larger principal city of the Lake Charles-DeRidder combined statistical area, with a population of 276,909. [26] The 2020 population of the five-parish region of Southwest Louisiana was 313,951. [27]
Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is a brackish lake located on the Calcasieu River in Southwest Louisiana, United States, situated almost entirely within the Lake Charles city limits. The Calcasieu Ship Channel flows along the western side for large ships to pass and is the western boundary of the city limits. [ 1 ]
Finally in 1852, Jacob Ryan was successful in having the parish seat relocated from Marion to the east bank of Lake Charles. This parish seat was incorporated in 1857 as the town of Charleston; it was reincorporated in 1868 as Lake Charles. It is located about six miles (9.7 km) from Marion, now known as Old Town.
In 1952, the agency's name was changed to the name Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission. The current Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries was created in 1975. [2] The Enforcement Division eventually took over regulation of all hunting, fishing, and boating in the state of Louisiana. The agency employs over 200 Wildlife Agents. [3]
Lake Charles, a lake at Dodge City Community College, Kansas; Lake Charles, a pond in Porter, Indiana; Lake Charles State Park, Arkansas; See also.
The largest principal city is Lake Charles, and the smaller principal city is Jennings. As of the 2010 census , the CSA had a population of 231,201. A July 1, 2019 estimate placed the population at 241,777.
The city purchased a private water system in 1902 and operated it as the Memphis Artesian Water Department. [4] The city later purchased the local portion of the electrical system of the Memphis Power and Light Company in 1939 for $15 million [5] and formed the MLGW Division. [4]