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Nottoway
Built in 1859, Neo-Classical Nottoway Plantation has 64
rooms. Today, it operates as a bed and breakfast and has
a fine restaurant.
Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge
This Gothic Revival castle, built in 1847,
was burned by the Union Army and
Jackson
Clinton repaired in 1882. Today, it houses a
UPPER MISSISSIPPI museum of local political history.
Alexandria PLANTATIONS
St Francisville
Ville Platte New Roads Mississippi Zachary Amite Tangipah o a
Bayou Nezpi que Mamou Port Barre Baker

Beaumont OPELOUSAS BATON ROUGE Livingston Hammond
Basile EUNICE L O U I S I A N A Denham Springs Covington
Church Ponchatoula
Point Sunset Springfield Hattiesburg
Mandeville
Plaquemine
Lake Mobile
Breaux Bridge Gonzales Maurepas Slidell
LAFAYETTE
Atchafalaya
White Castle Lake Pontchartrain
Broussard ST MARTINVILLE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
Donaldsonville PLANTATIONS Laplace
Lutcher
NEW IBERIA & Mississippi
Abbeville AVERY ISLAND Metairie
Hahnville Kenner New Orleans
Six Napoleonville Lac des Luling Gretna
Mile Lake Allemands
Jeanerette Baldwin Lake Verret
Thibodaux

0 kilometers 30
0 miles 15

Sights at a Glance
1 Lower Mississippi Plantations
2 Baton Rouge
3 Upper Mississippi Plantations
4 Eunice
5 Opelousas
6 Lafayette Swamp canal near Baton Rouge
7 St. Martinville Numerous canals cross the swamps, providing access
8 New Iberia and Avery Island to the area.
For keys to symbols see back flap

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