Pontchartrain

[ pon-cher-treyn ]

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noun

Lake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.

Pontchartrain

/ ˈpɒntʃəˌtreɪn /

Lake Pontchartrain
a shallow lagoon in SE Louisiana, linked with the Gulf of Mexico by a narrow channel, the Rigolets: resort and fishing centre. Area: 1620 sq km (625 sq miles)

Most of the Lower Ninth Ward and chunks of New Orleans East, near Lake Pontchartrain, are still ghost towns.

Wendell Pierce, Actor and President, Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp.

Wendell PierceActor and and President of Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corp.

He thinks it is perhaps the same island which the French called Isle de Pontchartrain.

Charlevoix, who landed here in 1721, found it the site of Fort Pontchartrain.

Under Pontchartrain, Chamillard and Desmarets, the expenses of the two wars of 1688 and 1701 attained to nearly five milliards.

A pension for life was given to her through the intervention of Madame de Pontchartrain, wife of the minister.

In 1709 M. de Pontchartrain is surprised to hear that Montreal is filled with English merchandise—a thing not to be tolerated.

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