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Appendix B: Descriptions of Louisiana's Natural and Scenic Rivers (PDF)
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, past Covington, where it collects the

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(2003). ''Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. It joins the Tchefuncte River about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of that river's mouth at Lake Pontchartrain. The name is derived from the Choctaw words ''bogu'', “river,” and ''falaya'', "long." A portion of the Bogue Falaya in St. Tammany Parish has been designated a "Natural and Scenic River" by the state government of Louisiana.

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, the Bogue Falaya has also been known historically as:

References

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