page_title: London Avenue Canal
hierarchical_section_title: London Avenue Canal
caption_attribution_description: English: London Avenue Canal, New Orleans; view from Robert E. Lee Bridge looking riverwards. Intact concrete flood wall atop levee visible at left. At right, incompletely repaired breach visible.
context_page_description: The London Avenue Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, used for pumping rain water into Lake Pontchartrain. The canal runs through the 7th Ward of New Orleans from the Gentilly area to the Lakefront. It is one of the three main drainage canals responsible for draining rainwater from the main basin of New Orleans. The London Avenue Canal's flood walls built atop earthen levees breached on both sides during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
context_section_description: The London Avenue Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, used for pumping rain water into Lake Pontchartrain. The canal runs through the 7th Ward of New Orleans from the Gentilly area to the Lakefront. It is one of the three main drainage canals responsible for draining rainwater from the main basin of New Orleans. The London Avenue Canal's flood walls built atop earthen levees breached on both sides during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
caption: London Avenue Canal; view from Robert E. Lee Bridge looking riverwards, 19 October 2005. Intact concrete flood wall atop levee visible at left. At right, incompletely repaired upper breach visible.
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