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re: Why is Lake Pontchartrain called a "lake"?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:13 pm to Landmass
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:13 pm to Landmass
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Why aren't you asking this question about Lake Borgne instead? It is a saltwater bay. Lake Pontchartrain is a lake.
If Lake Pontchartrain isnt a like then neither is Lake Maurepas or Lake Poulourde, Grassy Lake, Lake Verret, Lake Pelto, Lake Decade, Calcasieu Lake, Catahoula Lake, Claiborne Lake, Cross Lake, Grand Lake, Lac des Allemands, Lake Bistinea, Lake Salvador, Sabine Lake, and White Lake.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 1:14 pm
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Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:14 pm to jimbeam
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Where is the red stick in Baton Rouge
I'm 100% positive it's the original from the Indian days.....
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Wondering what "Baton Rouge" means? Story has it that long ago, this area in Louisiana along the mighty Mississippi River was occupied by two indigenous tribes, the Houma Indian Tribe and the Bayougoula Indian Tribe. To settle a border conflict between them, the tribes used a cypress pole to mark the boundary dividing their hunting grounds at an area now known as Scott’s Bluff.
This marker on the east bank of the Mississippi River caught the eye of French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville while making his way upriver during an exploration in 1699. He and his men saw the bloodied cypress pole on the bluff, adorned with animal parts and stained red from the tribes’ latest haul, and dubbed the area "le bâton rouge," French for "Red Stick".
In 1810, the area became part of the colonies and in 1817, the town was officially incorporated as “Baton Rouge.” Locals still lovingly refer to the city as "The Red Stick."
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:17 pm to NOLAManBlog
And people on here say that I say stupid things.......... 
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:18 pm to tgrbaitn08
Why did you include Toledo Bend in your list in the first place?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:19 pm to The Boat
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Why did you include Toledo Bend in your list in the first place?
I made a mistake
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:20 pm to SEClint
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a NOLA Gay Area
The Enola Gay could only improve New Orleans.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:21 pm to tgrbaitn08
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If Lake Pontchartrain isnt a like then neither is Lake Maurepas or Lake Poulourde, Grassy Lake, Lake Verret, Lake Pelto, Lake Decade, Calcasieu Lake, Catahoula Lake, Claiborne Lake, Cross Lake, Grand Lake, Lac des Allemands, Lake Bistinea, Lake Salvador, Sabine Lake, and White Lake.
Any outside of Louisiana?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:21 pm to TigerstuckinMS
quote:I agree
The Enola Gay could only improve New Orleans
Could make a fly over in Galliano too
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:21 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Why is False River called a "River" when it's actually a Lake
Imagine how big New Roads would be if it were still the Miss River?*
*the politicians there would still be getting busted by the feds on the reg, though
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:22 pm to NOLAManBlog
To complicate things, I think Lake Borgne was originally Lake Pontchartrain, but when the claimed found a bigger body of water, they freaked and renamed.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:24 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Any outside of Louisiana?
Lake Okeechobee
The Great Lakes
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:25 pm to NOLAManBlog
Why is Lake Borgne called a "lake"? It's even less of a lake than Pontchartrain.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:25 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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It has to do with naval taxation in the French colonial period. Ocean going vessel were taxed at a higher rate than inland vessels. So, the early explorers called it a "lake" to avoid the seafaring tax on their vessels. By the time the crown realized what was going on, then name had stuck.
Half of me hopes this is made up because it is masterful if so.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:26 pm to tgrbaitn08
What would you classify those as instead? I thought he was referencing bodies of water named lakes that aren’t really lakes. Those seem like purely lakes to me.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:26 pm to tgrbaitn08
Just because a lake is on a river that eventually reaches the sea doesn't mean it's not a lake. To not be a lake it has to receive tidal flow into it and contain brackish water.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:28 pm to NOLAManBlog
Definitely too closed off to be a Bay
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:28 pm to SEClint
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NOLA Gay Area
Those gentrifying gays are a plus in metro areas
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:28 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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A lake is a body of water that is surrounded by land.
My point is....if hes saying that Lake Pontchartrian isnt a "Lake" then neither are all the other Lakes that I listed.
I disagree with the OP...they are all Lakes IMO
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:28 pm to The Boat
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Rigolets
A good word to use to figure out if someone is from around the area or not. Not as good as Natchitoches but close.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:29 pm to The Boat
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To not be a lake it has to receive tidal flow into it and contain brackish water.
What?
So you agree the Great Lakes arent Lakes
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 1:31 pm
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