Isle de Jean Charles is a narrow ridge of land between Bayou Terrebonne and Bayou Pointe-aux-Chene in Terreboone Parish

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Terrebonne Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Houma. Its population was 111,860...

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Louisiana

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. It is home to many members of the Biloxi-Chitimacha tribe as well as a community of the Houma people. The Indian population on Isle de Jean Charles today is approximately 230 persons in 60 homes.
It has been affected by the inevitable subsidence of South Louisiana.
It lies past the 72-mile authorized levee alignment, currently under construction for the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Protection Project. Because of this, it is gradually disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico

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