Victor Guarisco Lake End Park
—Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail —
Lake Palourde covers 11,520 acres and is one of a number of large lakes that once existed within the historic Atchafalaya River Basin's 3-million-acre landscape.Lake Palourde is just east of Morgan City. The word palourde is French for "clam," an important food source for early settlers to the area. The lake covers 11,520 acres and is one of a number of large lakes that once existed within the historic Atchafalaya River Basin's 3-million-acre landscape. Construction of the East Atchafalaya Basin Levee in the 1930s cut off Lake Palourde from the Atchafalaya River and the bayous and waterways that remained inside the newly created Atchafalaya Basin Floodway.HM Number | HM241O |
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Placed By | State of Louisiana and National Park Service |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 at 7:03am PST -08:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15R E 675250 N 3289227 |
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Decimal Degrees | 29.72085000, -91.18815000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 43.251', W 91° 11.289' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 43' 15.06" N, 91° 11' 17.34" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 985, 337 |
Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
Closest Postal Address | At or near N Lakeshore Rd, Morgan City LA 70380, US |
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