Manchac Point

USA / Louisiana / Port Vincent /
Historic Manchac Bayou meets the Amite River. (?)Iberville came down Bayou Manchac from the Mississippi River to this point on the Amite River, possibly seeking this alternate route to the mouth of the Mississippi. Follow the Amite down to the Blind River, Lake Maurepas, Lake Ponchartrain (New Orleans), the Rigolets, and the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi.
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Coordinates:   30°20'43"N   90°53'39"W

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  • East Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Livingston Parishes' borders intersect here.
  • Also the former site of "Galveztown".Founded by Anglo-Americans seeking Spanish refuge from the Revolution in 1776-1778.Named for the Spanish Governor of West Florida,Bernardo de Galvez.Its sight was chosen because it was on the alternate Baton Rouge to New Orleans route.It was abandoned in 1812.
  • It was located on the south side of the Amite just down river from Manchac
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