Fort St. John

Neil Noland
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Fort St. John
Fort St. John

This spot is one of the more fascinating (historically) places in all of New Orleans to me. Visually, it isn't much to look at. This is most likely the location where the Native Americans had their main settlement for almost 1,500 years when the French arrived in the 1700s. There was a fortification built here by the Europeans (Spanish Fort) with some remnants still here. In the 20th century, there was an amusement park on this location, but that's long gone, with no traces remaining.

New Orleans doesn't generally view directions (north, south, east, west) the way most other cities do. Here, it's: lakeside, riverside, uptown, downtown (and directions are given from your current perspective). This is the lakeshore -- Lake Pontchartrain (which is really an estuary more than a lake). Tourists don't really come way up here. "Way up here" is about 5-7 miles from the French Quarter, if I had to guess. It's also one of the wealthiest areas of town in which to live.

What do you find up here? Lots of seafood restaurants, some famous -- like Landry's -- and a very nice promenade that leads from the lighthouse east towards the bayou which is the reason that New Orleans is where it is.

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Taken on: October 22, 2022
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