Cameron parish, Louisiana (LA), United States, North America
Latitude
29°43'N
Longitude
unknown
Mermentau River
(MUHR-muhn-to),
c.71 mi/114 km long, S La.; formed just above
Mermentau by junction of Nezpique and des Cannes bayous; flows SW to
Gulf of Mexico, S of Oak Grove, 48 mi/77 km E
of Sabine Pass; 29°43'N, 93°06'W. Navigable. Widens to form L.
Arthur (c.7 mi/11 km long) at Lake Arthur
town, Grand L. (c.10 mi/16 km long,
2 mi/3 km-10 mi/16 km
wide) in central Cameron parish, and small Upper Mud and Lower Mud
lakes in marshy coastal area above mouth. Intersected by Intracoastal
Waterway through N part of Grand L., which in turn is joined by
navigation canals to White L. (SE) and thence to Freshwater Bayou
Canal.
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