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Bayou Manchac became one of the most important waterways of southeastern Louisiana. It served the vital role of linking Baton Rouge to Lake Pontchartrain via the Amite River and Lake Maurepas. Through time, as ships became larger and faster, Bayou Manchac was too small to support modern traffic.
On August 4, 2011, Blue Bayou and Dixie Landin' was fined $25,295 by the U.S. Department of Labor for numerous labor violations. The park was allowing minors to work more than eight hours a day. 49 minors in the 14- to 15-year-old category were found to be subject to child labor provision violations.
Baton Rouge Zoo - BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo is home to over 1,800 animals from around the world. The Baton Rouge Zoo was the first zoo in Louisiana to achieve the distinguished honor of being accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Blue Bayou Waterpark - Blue Bayou has over 20 water rides. Favorites are the "Mad Moccasin," "Conja" and ...
Highland Road Community Park or Highland Road Park, is a 144.4-acre (0.584 km 2) public park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [1] The Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge (BREC) owns and operates the park. [2] The park is the home course for the LSU Tigers cross country and LSU Lady Tigers cross country teams. [3]
Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
Baton Rouge: Critter's Creek Monroe: Delta Village: Tallulah: Early 1970s–late 1970s Fun Fair Park Baton Rouge: 1963–1999 Relocated adjacent to Blue Bayou Water Park under the new name Dixie Landin'. Both parks are owned and operated by the same organization. [21] Hamel's Amusement Park Shreveport: 1970s–1999 [22] [23] Lincoln Beach: New ...
Baton Rouge (/ ˌ b æ t ən ˈ r uː ʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It had a population of 227,470 at the 2020 census, making it Louisiana's second-most populous city. [4]
In June 1997 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Eugenie Boisfontaine disappeared. Her body was found three months later in Bayou Manchac in nearby Iberville Parish, 15 miles south of Baton Rouge. Her head had blunt force trauma. Was it a singular murder or from a string of serial murders in the area?