Fontainebleau State Park

Fountainebleau State Park

A live oak tree covered with Spanish moss at the park.
Map showing the location of Fountainebleau State Park

Map of Louisiana, United States of America

Location St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates 30°20′43″N 90°01′22″W / 30.34523°N 90.02269°W / 30.34523; -90.02269Coordinates: 30°20′43″N 90°01′22″W / 30.34523°N 90.02269°W / 30.34523; -90.02269[1]
Area 2,800 acres (11 km2; 4.4 sq mi)[1]
Established 1942 (1942)[2]
Governing body Louisiana Office of State Parks
http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iFontaine.aspx

Fontainebleau State Park is located in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The park is 2,800 acres (1,100 ha) in size and was once the site of a sugar cane plantation and brickyard operated by Bernard de Marigny and later by his son Antoine James de Marigny. The park has a multitude of habitats for birds.

History

The visitor center highlights the history of the land which was once owned by the wealthy Bernard de Marigny (17851868) of New Orleans and founder of Mandeville, which lies directly to the west of Fontainebleau Park. Marigny operated a sugar mill that was built in 1829. He named his large holding Fontainebleau after the beautiful forest near Paris, France.

Fontainebleau State Park is surrounded on three sides by water: Lake Pontchartrain, Bayou Cane, and Bayou Castine. The state originally named the park Tchefuncte State Park and Conservation Reservation, after the Tchefuncte River.

Overnight features

Day use facilities

References

  1. 1 2 "Fontainebleau State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Louisiana Department Of Culture Recreation And Tourism. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. Nixon Adams. "Northshore Conifer - It Is What It Was". Northshore Conifer. Retrieved 2011-03-18.

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