Isle De Jean Charles Marina

Name: Isle De Jean Charles Marina
Address: Montegut, US
Telephone: +19855948232

Montegut, United StatesGulf Coast

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Type: Harbour

Small marina on Island Road serving Isle de Jean Charles, a shrinking ridge of land in the Terrebonne Parish marsh near Montegut, Louisiana.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached by road along Island Road, a low causeway built in 1953 that floods in high winds, spring tides or storm surge. By water, the marina opens onto the surrounding marsh channels and Bayou Terrebonne. Check conditions before relying on road access.

Practical

Boat launch ramp and direct water access. A basic working marina rather than an equipped harbour, used by local anglers heading into the marsh.

History

Isle de Jean Charles is the historic homeland of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw. The island has lost about 98 percent of its land since 1955 to erosion and sea level rise. In 2016 Louisiana received 48.3 million dollars in federal funds to resettle residents inland, one of the first state-led climate relocations in the United States.