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In 1699, Iberville traveled on Lake Pontchartrain, which he named for the French Minister of Marine. Indians called it Okwa-ta, meaning wide water. The first port of embarkation was at the site where Bayou St. John flows from the lake, and this was the first water travel route to the City of New Orleans.
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