NEW ORLEANS — Pontchartrain Conservancy is hosting the second annual Dive into Discovery remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expo ...

Humans operated it until 1939, when the U.S. Coast Guard automated the lighthouse, which has been a beacon to navigators plying the river and Lake Pontchartrain for 180 years. NOW: The lighthouse ...

The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation eventually took charge of the project. Leaders officially broke ground in February, and construction got under way in March.The lighthouse was first built ...

“The lake was visibly dirty,” Trail said on a recent afternoon at the lighthouse of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, where she serves as executive director, remembering when hazard notices ...

MADISONVILLE, La. (WVUE) - Since 1837, a lighthouse has stood at the mouth of the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, where the river spills into Lake Pontchartrain. Today, however, the lighthouse ...

On Friday, I made my way driving through the rain and felt a sense of relief when the lighthouse finally came into view. Even though I was in my car and not in a small boat on Lake Pontchartrain ...

After Hurricane Katrina, the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation rebuilt this historic lighthouse at the New Basin Canal. It's the fourth structure on this site. The first was built in 1839.

“It has a historical significance that is unique to this town,” said Don Lynch, describing the lighthouse and cottage. Lynch is the director at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum in ...

the lighthouse will be lit on Aug. 29, seven years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans."This is a special moment," said Dr. John Lopez, executive director of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin ...

NEW ORLEANS – To celebrate the cleanup of Lake Pontchartrain and raise funds to restore the New Canal Lighthouse on Lakeshore Drive, a Colorado man who was born in New Orleans will make a long ...