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This article is insufficently referenced. Also, some ofthe few references that are there incorrectly reflected the content of the reference. I tried to reword some sentences to more correctly reflect the referenced information. One link went to an error page so I removed it.

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The article would be a good one with correct references. KarenAnn 18:11, 16 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Thanks for your work. One thing I wondered is why you removed (twice) the pronunciation explanation. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 18:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Very sorry to have done that and I would not have done it if I knew you wanted it there. KarenAnn 18:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC) reply

For the record, Lake Pontchartrain was temporarily an extension of the gulf of mexico (as opposed to a lake) during the Katrina crisis. -- DragonAtma —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.122.82.29 ( talk) 20:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC) reply

I am a life long resident of SE Louisiana specifically Covington. The correct way to say this word is Ponchatrain the first r is silent. 208.54.14.95 ( talk) 00:47, 10 February 2008 (UTC)Vesago78 reply

This lake is quite widely referred to as 'Ponchartrain' (without the 't') - even within the article. Is this simply a misspelling, needing to be corrected, or an acceptable alternative spelling? Colonies Chris ( talk) 09:51, 3 June 2012 (UTC) reply

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This article is subject to B-class criteria (#1) as assessed. There are several inline "citation needed tags as well as potential link farming that needs to be addressed. Otr500 ( talk) 00:13, 15 February 2020 (UTC) reply

section starts with "Owing to past exploitation..." but the entire page never even mentions what. OIL&gas .- how can that be? Has this been edited out ? Platform explosions anyone? Wuerzele ( talk) 21:43, 19 March 2023 (UTC) reply