- Tchefuncte River
Geobox River
name = Tchefuncte River
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image_caption = Tchefuncte River as seen at Madisonville
country = United States
state = Louisiana
region_type = Parishs
region = Washington
region1 = Tangipahoa
region2 = St. Tammany
district =
district1 =
city = Covington
city1 = Madisonville
length_imperial = 48
length_note = cite web
url= Gnis3|1628339
title= "Tchefuncte River"
date=January 1 2000
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate= 2008-02-04]
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source_name =
source_location = Tangipahoa Parish
source_district =
source_region =
source_state =Louisiana
source_country =
source_lat_d = 30
source_lat_m = 54
source_lat_s = 22
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 90
source_long_m = 20
source_long_s = 59
source_long_EW = W
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mouth_name =Lake Pontchartrain
mouth_location = Madisonville
mouth_district =
mouth_region = St. Tammany Parish
mouth_state =Louisiana
mouth_country =
mouth_lat_d = 30
mouth_lat_m = 22
mouth_lat_s = 36
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 90
mouth_long_m = 09
mouth_long_s = 38
mouth_long_EW = W
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tributary_left =Bogue Falaya
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map_caption =The Tchefuncte River (chuh-FUNK-tuh) drains into
Lake Pontchartrain inLouisiana in theUnited States . It is about convert|48|mi|km|0 long.In the 19th century it was an important commercial waterway, where building materials and other products of the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain were loaded to be shipped across the Lake to New Orleans.
Course
The Tchefuncte rises in northeastern Tangipahoa Parish and initially flows southward; the river is used to define part of the eastern boundary of Tangipahoa Parish and parts of the western boundaries of Washington and St. Tammany Parishes before turning southeastward into St. Tammany Parish, where it passes the city of Covington and the town of Madisonville. It collects its largest tributary, the
Bogue Falaya , at Covington and flows into Lake Pontchartrain about convert|2|mi|km|1 south of Madisonville, near the lake's northern extremity.The Tchefuncte has been designated by the government of Louisiana as a "Natural and Scenic River."
Fairview-Riverside State Park is located along the river upstream of Madisonville.ee also
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List of Louisiana rivers References
External links
* [http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iFairview.aspx Fairview-Riverside State Park website]
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