Venetian Isles () is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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. It is located on the western shore of the

Chef Menteur Pass The Chef Menteur Pass is a narrow natural waterway which, along with the Rigolets, connects Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne in New Orleans, Louisiana. It begins at and follows a generally southeastward course. In the days of sailing ships, mu ...

on the northern side of

U.S. Highway 90 U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. With the exception of a short-lived ...

. Legally a part of the

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, Venetian Isles is separated from the bulk of the developed portion of the city by miles of undeveloped land. It long had the appearance of a small

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. In the late 20th century it saw development as a

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an style

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. The ruins of old

Fort Macomb Fort Macomb is a 19th-century United States brick fort in Louisiana, on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally within t ...

are along

at the south of the neighborhood. Venetian Isles was hit hard by

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during

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in 2005. As it lies outside of the City's levee system,"Isaac's surge swamps Venetian Isles, leaving some families needing rescue by boat"
''The Times-Picayune''. Retrieved 25 October 2013. it experienced damage similar to that seen in

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and

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. Former 2nd District Congressman

Joseph Cao Ánh Quang "Joseph" Cao (, ; vi, Cao Quang Ánh; born March 13, 1967) is a Vietnamese–American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the first Vietnamese American and first ...

makes his home in Venetian Isles.

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