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  2. Lake Pontchartrain - Wikipedia

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    Lake Pontchartrain's north shore at Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville, Louisiana, in 2004. Lake Pontchartrain ( / ˈpɒntʃətreɪn / PON-chə-trayn) [1] is an estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States. It covers an area of 630 square miles (1,600 km 2) with an average depth of 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m).

  3. North Shore, California - Wikipedia

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    North Shore is a census-designated place in southeastern Riverside County, [2] so named because of its location along the northeast shore of the Salton Sea. It was once a popular vacation destination spot before ever-increasing salinity and pollution of the Salton Sea shut the tourist trade down. North Shore is flanked to the north and south by ...

  4. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - Wikipedia

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    43,000 [1] Toll. $6.00 (southbound) Location. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway ( French: Chaussée du lac Pontchartrain ), also known simply as The Causeway, [2] is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana, United States. The longer of the two bridges is 23.83 miles (38.35 km) long.

  5. New Orleans metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The population of Greater New Orleans was 1,271,845 in 2020, [4] up from 1,189,166 at the 2010 United States census. Greater New Orleans is the most populous metropolitan area in Louisiana, and the 45th most populous in the United States. According to 2017 census estimates, the broader New Orleans–Metairie–Slidell combined statistical area ...

  6. Mandeville, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Area code. 985. FIPS code. 22-48225. Website. www .cityofmandeville .com. Mandeville is a city in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 13,192 at the 2020 United States census. [2] Mandeville is located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12.

  7. North Shore (Massachusetts) - Wikipedia

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    The North Shore is a region in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, loosely defined as the sea coast between Boston and New Hampshire. Its counterpart is the South Shore region extending south and east of Boston. The North Shore is a significant historical, cultural, and economic region of Massachusetts. The southern North Shore includes historic ...

  8. Quebec Route 138 - Wikipedia

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    Crossing Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade ( Chemin du Roy) Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the Saint Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The western terminus is in Elgin, at the border with New York State south ...

  9. Offshore oil and gas in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, federal offshore tracts produced 27% of the oil and 14% of the natural gas in the United States. Three of the top ten oil fields in the United States in terms of the proven remaining reserves were offshore in the Gulf of Mexico in 2007 (Mars-Ursa, Thunder Horse, and Atlantis). [1] The oil production in the offshore area owned by the ...