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What Louisiana
Giant old live oaks with long beards of Spanish moss, dozens of varieties of palms, magnolias, oleanders, myrtles, annuals, perennials and wild flowers make New Orleans a bower of floral loveliness.
Lake Pontchartrain offers boating and bathing. Abundant facilities are available for year round golf on private and public courses. Within and near the city many kinds of fresh and salt water fish can be caught on any day of the year. New Orleans has splendid hotels that offer comfortable accomodations, and the city?s restaurants are world famous.
Louisiana Highway No. 1
An interesting excursion for the tourist is on Louisiana Highway No. 1, south of New Orleans. Leaving New Orleans, the first point of interest is Chalmette, site of the famous Battle of New Orleans. Here the tourist sees the Chalmette Monument, National Military cemetery, Pakenham House and oaks, a fine picnic spot, Mene-fee airport and other attractions. Near here is Lake Borgne, via Violet, south of Chalmette, a marsh-bordered lake of great value to anglers and hunters. The area of this lake is 250 square miles and the average depth is about eight feet. In this area, though not on No. 1, is Louisiana Marsh, reached only by motor boat. Here is year-round salt water fishing, especially on oyster reefs and in tidal bayous and passes. Near here also is Delacroix Island, one of the most popular all year salt water fishing resorts, and fine duck and other waterfowl hunting.
Continuing southward on No. 1, the tourist arrives at Pointe-a-la-Hache, where there is good salt water fishing duck and other waterfowl hunting, and rabbit hunting. Six miles below this town the highway ends at the site of the Bohemia Spillway. There are no levees along this bank of the Mississippi River for eleven miles, and points below Bohemia are accessible only from the west bank of the river.
However, to continue his excursion southward, the tourist crosses the Mississippi at Pointe-a-la-Hache, via
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Catch of Fish in the Terrebonne Waters of South Louisiana.
ferry, through Happy Jack, Empire, thence to Buras, ?in the heart of the citrus belt.? Here the finest orange groves in Louisiana are located, and historic Fort Jackson a few miles down the river, an excellent picnic spot that can be reached by automobile. There is excellent salt water fishing and duck and waterfowl hunting in this area.
To complete this part of his tour out of New Orleans, the tourist returns on Highway No. 1 to Happy Jack, then continues along the west bank of the Mississippi on Louisiana Highway No. 31. The first important stop is Belle Chasse, the old plantation home of Judah P. Benjamin, ?the brains of the Confederacy.? Near here, though on Louisiana Highway No. 30, the tourist arrives at Bara-taria Bayou and Lafitte, historic rendezvous of Jean Lafitte the pirate. Lafitte is the home port for many commercial fishing boats and there is fine fresh water fishing and crabbing in this vicinity.
Another interesting trip for the tourist who visits New Orleans is to Grand Isle. This is reached by turning southeast from U. S. 90 at Raceland, or by passenger