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By Mary Ann Sternberg, LSU Press, 2007. Originally known as Bayou D'Iberville as the explorer used this waterway to travel to and from Baton Rouge and his outpost on Ship Island in 1699. Manchac leads from the Mississippi River to Lakes Maurepas, Pontchartrain and the Gulf of Mexico. An Indian word meaning back way, Manchac's history is rich and spellbinding.
This message has been edited by Cop_Cop on Jan 31, 2008 12:06 AM
I wonder if Pierre LeMoyne ever imagined............
January 31 2008, 4:26 AM
.....that Pass Manchac would one day look like this:
This is Pass Manchac, Bayou Manchac is about thirty-five miles away, as the crow flies, at its confluence with the Petit Amite River in Ascension Parish.
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