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The '''Bogue Falaya''', also known as the '''Bogue Falaya River''', is a {{convert|28|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM?url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-04-05 }}, accessed June 20, 2011</ref> [[river]] in southeastern [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050825172438/http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html |date=August 25, 2005 }}</ref> It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Tchefuncte River]], which flows to [[Lake Pontchartrain]]. The river flows through an area of mixed [[pine]]-[[hardwood]] and [[bottomland hardwood forest]]s on the [[Gulf Coastal Plain]].<ref name=deq>Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2200/Default.aspx State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan]: [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/planning/305b/2002/pdf/305b-AppenidixB.pdf Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)]</ref>
The '''Bogue Falaya''', also known as the '''Bogue Falaya River''', is a {{convert|28|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/66gupqQDM?url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-04-05 }}, accessed June 20, 2011</ref> [[river]] in southeastern [[Louisiana]] in the [[United States]].<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050825172438/http://www.bartleby.com/69/85/B07985.html |date=August 25, 2005 }}</ref> It is a [[tributary]] of the [[Tchefuncte River]], which flows to [[Lake Pontchartrain]]. The river flows through an area of mixed [[pine]]-[[hardwood]] and [[bottomland hardwood forest]]s on the [[Gulf Coastal Plain]].<ref name=deq>Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2200/Default.aspx State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009220958/http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/2200/Default.aspx |date=2006-10-09 }}: [http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/Portals/0/planning/305b/2002/pdf/305b-AppenidixB.pdf Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)]</ref>


The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern [[Washington Parish, Louisiana|Washington Parish]] and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]], past [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]], where it collects the [[Abita River]].<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-286-2}}</ref> It joins the Tchefuncte River about <span style="white-space:nowrap">10&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(16&nbsp;km)</span> upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.<ref name=Columbia/>
The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern [[Washington Parish, Louisiana|Washington Parish]] and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]], past [[Covington, Louisiana|Covington]], where it collects the [[Abita River]].<ref name=DeLorme>[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-286-2}}</ref> It joins the Tchefuncte River about <span style="white-space:nowrap">10&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(16&nbsp;km)</span> upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.<ref name=Columbia/>

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The Bogue Falaya, also known as the Bogue Falaya River, is a 28-mile-long (45 km)[1] river in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.[2] It is a tributary of the Tchefuncte River, which flows to Lake Pontchartrain. The river flows through an area of mixed pine-hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests on the Gulf Coastal Plain.[3]

The Bogue Falaya rises in southwestern Washington Parish and flows generally south-southeastwardly through western St. Tammany Parish, past Covington, where it collects the Abita River.[4] It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain.[2]

The name is derived from the Choctaw words bogu, “river,” and falaya, "long."[5][6]

A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.[3]

Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:[7]

  • Bogue Falaia
  • Bogue Falaya River
  • Bogue Falia
  • Bogue Faliah
  • Bogue Fallaya
  • Bogue Faylia
  • Bogue Phalia
  • Bouge Filia
  • Bouge Filiah
  • Bougue Falaia
  • Buck-Palaya Arroyo
  • Long River

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed June 20, 2011
  2. ^ a b Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived August 25, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2002). State of Louisiana Water Quality Management Plan Archived 2006-10-09 at the Wayback Machine: Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)
  4. ^ DeLorme (2003). Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-286-2
  5. ^ Bushnell, D.I. (1909). The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Washington: Government Printing Office. p. 7. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) No copyright in the United States.
  6. ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bogue Falaya
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