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Madisonville
Madisonville, LA hosts the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, which puts on the Wooden Boat Festival each fall. The Tchefuncte River Lighthouse was built in 1837 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The land route to the lighthouse was destroyed in 1965 by Hurricane Betsy, and it
has since been accessible only by boat. John Neely Kennedy, the current Louisiana State Treasurer, is a resident of Madisonville.
Madisonville
Madisonville, LA hosts the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, which puts on the Wooden Boat Festival each fall. The Tchefuncte River Lighthouse was built in 1837 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The land route to the lighthouse was destroyed in 1965 by Hurricane Betsy, and it
has since been accessible only by boat. John Neely Kennedy, the current Louisiana State Treasurer, is a resident of Madisonville.