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  2. Lake Charles, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Lake Charles is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish, it is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the southwest region of the state.

  3. Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Elements of the 256th IBCT and the 139TH RSG (Regional Support Group) are based in Lake Charles. The 256th IBCT deployed to Iraq twice, 2004-5 and 2010. De Quincy is the home of H Company of the 199th Forward Support Battalion which is a detachment of 3-156th Infantry Battalion. The Battalion's HHC is located in Lake Charles.

  4. The Legacy Center - Wikipedia

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    The Legacy Center, originally known as the Health and Human Performance Education Complex (or H&HP Complex), is a multi-purpose arena in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on the campus of McNeese State University across the street from the Jack V. Doland Athletic Complex. [1]

  5. History of Lake Charles, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    A view of downtown Lake Charles, circa 1917. After World War II, Lake Charles experienced industrial growth with the onset of the petrochemical refining industries. The Lake Charles Civic Center, built on reclaimed land on the lakefront in the 1970s, hosted many national shows, acts, and pop singers such as Elvis Presley. The population of the ...

  6. Lake Charles (Louisiana) - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  7. Lake Charles metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Acadiana region of southwest Louisiana that covers three parishes—Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. According to a 2023 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 240,082. [ 1 ]

  8. Louisiana Highway 82 - Wikipedia

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    LA 27 north – Lake Charles LA 1143 east (East Creole Highway) East end of LA 27 concurrency; western terminus of LA 1143; to Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge via LA 27 north: Grand Chenier: 59.0– 59.2: 95.0– 95.3: Bridge over Mermentau River 79.9: 128.6: Bridge over Superior Canal: Vermilion 99.0: 159.3: LA 3147 – Fresh Water City

  9. List of museums in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Lake Charles: Calcasieu: Southwest: Art: Houses arts organizations including the Arts Council of SWLA, several non-profit gallery spaces [15] [16] and the Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu [17] Charenton Heritage Museum: Charenton: St. Mary: Cajun Heartland: Local history [18] [19] Chennault Aviation and Military Museum: Monroe: Ouachita ...