Lake Maurepas

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Landsat view of Lake Maurepas. I-55 can be seen running north to south just east of the lake, and I-10 running east to west to the south. To the east a portion of Lake Pontchartrain is visible.
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Landsat view of Lake Maurepas. I-55 can be seen running north to south just east of the lake, and I-10 running east to west to the south. To the east a portion of Lake Pontchartrain is visible.

Lake Maurepas is a brackish water lake in southeastern Louisiana. It connects with Lake Pontchartrain via the Pass Manchac, a narrow strip of water. The town of Manchac, Louisiana is along the eastern edge of the lake at Pass Manchac.

The lake is named for Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas, a French statesman.


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