Some little known and well know facts about Lake Pontchartrain.

The first movie in New Orleans
was shown at the lake in 1896.
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The $10,000 fish
Jax Beer Fishing Contest THE CERAMIC JAX BEER MUG READS "1958 AWARD PRESENTED TO A TRUE FOLLOWER OF ISAAC WALTON AS A WINNER IN THE "JAX" GOLDEN GILL FISH HUNT". As the story goes (I can't verify this) THE JACKSON BREWING COMPANY TAGGED FISH,

Submarine Races?
There really was a sub in the lake--during the Civil War

Women Lighthouse Keepers
Ellen Wilson & Margaret Norvell during the 1800's

Jazz was born and bred on the Lake
It's not widely known that the New Orleans lakeshore played a huge roll in the birth of Jazz.

World's Longest Bridges
Three times, since the early 1930's, Lake Pontchartrain was crossed by "The World's Longest Bridge".

Elvis was in the building...
"King Creole" included scenes shot at a lakefront camp.

Over 125 species of fish
have been recorded from Lake Pontchartrain

2nd Railroad in the U.S.
The Pontchartrain Railroad

Longest continuous curve on U.S. rails
AMTRAK 58 -- a.k.a. the "City of New Orleans"