Pontchartrain
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People

  • Jérôme Phélypeaux
    Jérôme Phélypeaux
    Jérôme Phélypeaux , comte de Pontchartrain, was a French politician, son of Louis Phélypeaux.He served as a councillor to the parlement of Paris from 1692, and served with his father as Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi and Navy Minster from 1699 onwards...

    , comte de Pontchartrain, French statesman (1674–1747), the son of
  • Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727)
    Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727)
    Louis Phélypeaux , marquis de Phélypeaux , comte de Maurepas , comte de Pontchartrain , known as the chancellor de Pontchartrain, was a French politician....

    , comte de Pontchartrain, French statesman

Places

  • Fort Detroit
    Fort Detroit
    Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Détroit was a fort established by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701. The location of the former fort is now in the city of Detroit in the U.S...

     (Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit), Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Lake Pontchartrain
    Lake Pontchartrain
    Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second-largest inland saltwater body of water in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana. As an estuary, Pontchartrain is not a true lake.It covers an area of with...

    , Louisiana, USA
  • Pontchartrain Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Architecture

  • Pontchartrain Expressway
    Pontchartrain Expressway
    The Pontchartrain Expressway is a parallel 6-lane section of Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The designation begins on I-10 near the Orleans Parish/Jefferson Parish line at the I-610 Split. The expressway follows I-10 into the Central Business District of New Orleans ...

    , Louisiana, USA
  • Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
    Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
    The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, or the Causeway, consists of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is long...

    , Louisiana
  • Pontchartrain Hotel
    Pontchartrain Hotel
    The Pontchartrain Hotel is a historic hotel building on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Named after Count de Pontchartrain of the court of Louis XVI, the Pontchartrain Hotel commenced operations in March, 1927...

    , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Pontchartrain Rail-Road
    Pontchartrain Rail-Road
    Pontchartrain Rail-Road was an early railway in New Orleans, Louisiana. Chartered in 1830, the railroad began traffic of people and goods between the Mississippi River front of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain on 23 April, 1831, and closed more than 100 years later.The long line connected the...

    , Louisiana
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