The Amite River (french: Rivière Amite) is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

Lake Maurepas Lake Maurepas ( ; french: Lac Maurepas) is located in southeastern Louisiana, approximately halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, directly west of Lake Pontchartrain. Toponymy Lake Maurepas was named for Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, comt ...

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

and

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. It is about long. It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...

, to Lake Maurepas. The lower of the river is

navigable A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and calm enough for a water vessel (e.g. boats) to pass safely. Such a navigable water is called a ''waterway'', and is preferably with few obstructions against dir ...

. A portion of the river is diverted via the

Petite Amite River Vincent Aycocho, or better known as Petite is a Filipino actor, comedian, singer and TV show host. He is known for as a Filipino comedian in '' Comedy Bar'', Punch line and Clowns, together with their other celebrities; Boobay, Iyah, Donita Nos ...

and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.

Name

''Amite'' could be an name derived from the

Choctaw language The Choctaw language (Choctaw: ), spoken by the Choctaw, an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, is part of the Muskogean language family. Chickasaw is separate but closely related language to Choctaw. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahom ...

meaning "young", although

folk etymology Folk etymology (also known as popular etymology, analogical reformation, reanalysis, morphological reanalysis or etymological reinterpretation) is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more famili ...

holds it to be a corruption of the French ''amitié'' meaning "friendship".

Gallery

An excursion steamer on the Amite River in Louisiana (circa 1895).jpg, An excursion steamer on the Amite River, c. 1895

References

External links

Amite River Basin Commission Excerpt about Amité River from ''The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study of Livingston Parish''
US Genweb

Bartleby website {{authority control Rivers of Louisiana Bodies of water of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Bodies of water of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Bodies of water of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana Rivers of Ascension Parish, Louisiana Bodies of water of Livingston Parish, Louisiana Landforms of Amite County, Mississippi Rivers of Mississippi Landforms of Lincoln County, Mississippi Tributaries of Lake Maurepas

Name

Gallery

See also

References

External links