Pontchartrain Explained

Pontchartrain may refer to:

People

• Jérôme Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, French statesman (1674–1747), the son of
• Louis Phélypeaux (1643-1727), comte de Pontchartrain, French statesman

Places

• Fort Detroit (Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit), Detroit, Michigan
• Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
• Pontchartrain Park, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jouars-Pontchartrain, Yvelines, France, place of origin of the Phélypeaux family
• Ponchartrain Apartments, Detroit, Michigan.

Architecture

• Château de Pontchartrain, in the city of Jouars-Pontchartrain
• Pontchartrain Expressway, Louisiana
• Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana
• Pontchartrain Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Pontchartrain Rail-Road, Louisiana

Ships

• CSS Pontchartrain, launched 1859, served in the American Civil War
• USCGC Pontchartrain, launched 1928, served in World War II
• USCGC Pontchartrain, launched 1944, served in the Cold War