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LacombeSt. Tammany Parish,LouisianaGateway to the Big Branch Marsh and Wildlife RefugeThe Louisiana state capital is Baton Rouge. What would you like to know about Lacombe
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The population of Lacombe is approximately 7,518 (2000).
The amount of land area in Lacombe is 77.314 sq. kilometers.
The city tree is the Live Oak. Lacombe miscellany. Return to Index
History & History Related Items Lacombe history: Lacombe is a Creole colony first visited by Pierre le Moyne Sieur d'Iberville and four Canadians in 1699. Lacombe is the love connection to Nouvelle Orleans, just 15 sparkling miles across Lake Pontchartrain. It was the site of the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain, the only naval battle between the British, American colonists, and the Spanish, during the American Revolution. It is the home of Louisiana's famed Chahta Ima, missionary to the Choctaw Indians and unrecognized literary great of the 19th century. Lacombe is the gateway to America's most interesting city: New Orleans, the gateway to America's Riveria: the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the gateway to the old plantation era South. Lacombe attractions: Bayou Lacombe, Lake Pontchartrain, Cane Bayou, Fontainebleau State Park, Northlake Nature Center, Big Branch Marsh and Wildlife Refuge, Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, Les Lumieres du Mort,Live Oaks on Lacombe Ridge, Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival, Fish Hatchery Rd., Eagle Run, Santa on the Bayou, Le Tour du Iberville, Party on the Pointe, Mardi Gras parades, the Lacombe Heritage Center, Bayou Lacombe Rural Museum, Creole culture, Choctaw Heritage Indian Enterprises and Folklife,Historic Townsite of Oaklawn, Museum of Native American Art and Culture, Indian A Jones environmental, historical, and cultural tours Return to Index
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