Little Woods, Louisiana

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Little Woods (French: Le Petit Bois) was historically an unincorporated community on the shoreline of Lake Pontchartrain. The name in French, "Le Petit Bois" or The Little Woods can be found on the 1883 Lafon-Alphonse Michoud Map drafted by civil-engineer George N. Grandjean. "Little Woods", as a place designation that continues in local use. Little Woods also directly relates to the treed hammocks that were high Chénier ridges bordered by water and wetlands.

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