[DOC] [TLE] TODAYS TRIVIA-CLOUDEIGHT INTERNET START PAGE [PAR] Answer #1. This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV's marine minister. 
What is Lake Pontchartrain? Answer #2. Until 1900 when engineers reversed the
... [DOC] [TLE] Lake Pontchartrain - Wikipedia [PAR] Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the 
United States. ... Lake Pontchartrain is named for Louis Phlypeaux, comte de 
Pontchartrain from Pontchartrain city. He was the French Minister of the Marine, 
Chancellor, and Controller-General of Finances during the reign of France's "Sun
... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana (New France) - Wikipedia [PAR] Louisiana or French Louisiana was an administrative district of New France. 
Under French control 1682 to 1762 and 1802 (nominally) to 1803, the area was 
named in honor of King Louis XIV, by French explorer Ren-Robert Cavelier, ..... 
Louis XIV and his ministers were worried about the size of the kingdom, over 
which... [DOC] [TLE] Lake Pontchartrain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 31, 2005 ... Lake Pontchartrain at New Orleans during Hurricane Georges in 1998 ... lake in 
southeastern Louisiana, the second largest salt-water lake in ... the French 
Minister of the Marine, chancellor of France and minister of finance during the 
reign of France's "Sun King," Louis XIV, for whom Louisiana is named. [DOC] [TLE] LeMoyne Brothers Land 1699 - Dauphin Island, AL, History Archive [PAR] ... Valley and claimed it for France, naming the territory Louisiana for King Louis 
XIV. ... Locating the "Great River", they explored it and two large lakes which they 
named Ponchartrain and Maurepas, in honor of the French Minister of Marine. [DOC] [TLE] Pass Manchac Lighthouse, Louisiana at Lighthousefriends.com [PAR] La Salle named the area near the river's mouth Louisiana, after his king, Louis 
XIV. ... Under the direction of Jerome de Pontchartrain, minister of the Marine of ... 
after Pontchartrain's son, while the larger lake was named after Pontchartrain... [DOC] [TLE] Now That's INteresting! - Inside Northside magazine [PAR] Local streets, the lake, businesses and even a St. Tammany school share its 
French name. ... who was then serving as Chancellor of France and Minister of 
the Marine. ... the reign of France's Sun King, Louis XIV, for whom Louisiana is 
named. Lake Pontchartrain is the largest lake in Louisiana and the second 
largest... [DOC] [TLE] Founding of Detroit - Geni [PAR] The city of Detroit , the largest city in the state of Michigan, developed from a 
small fur ... the strait of Lake Erie, linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the 
historical context, ... was removed and sent to faraway New Orleans as governor 
of Louisiana. ... It was named in compliment to Louis XIV's minister of marine and 
colonies,... [DOC] [TLE] French Colonial Louisiana | Entries | KnowLA, Encyclopedia of ... [PAR] Aug 4, 2011 ... French colonial Louisiana refers to the first century of permanent ... the Great 
Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico reached French missionaries and ... La Salle secured 
a contract for the colonization of Lower Louisiana from Louis XIV in 1682. ... and 
the French minister of the marine Louis de Phlypeaux, Comte de... [DOC] [TLE] Fort Maurepas - Teaching Louisiana History [PAR] We know this territory as Louisiana, i.e. belonging to Louis (Louis XIV). ... It was 
named to honor the French Minister of the Marine (Navy), Jerome ... Maurepas or 
Pontchartrain: Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana and 
... to the interior of Alabama were trading with larger Indian nations was possible. [DOC] [TLE] Printer friendly version - Historical Text Archive [PAR] Actually, Spain controlled Louisiana for over thirty years, and Spain provided ... 
During the reign of King Louis XIV of France (1643 to 1715), the French colony of 
New ... from the New France Colony and passed through the Great Lakes region. 
... de Maurepas, the Minister of Marine, convinced King Louis XIV to finance the... [DOC] [TLE] Colbert Article - New Orleans Bar Association [PAR] the Sun King, and named the

Question: This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV's marine minister
Answer: Lake Pontchartrain