A body was found in Lake Pontchartrain during the search for a missing boater. Authorities have not confirmed the identity as the investigation continues.
Think Toledo Bend or Lake Pontchartrain is Louisiana's deepest lake? The real answer involves one of the state's most incredible engineering disasters and a lake unlike any other.
It is not uncommon to find sharks in Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Sharks can swim into the lake from the Gulf of Mexico but one fisherman is warning of the dangers of sharks.