Tchefuncte River

The Tchefuncte River drains into Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in the United States. It is about 70.0 miles long.

Type: Watercourse
Description: river in the United States of America
Also known as: “Bay of Chifuncte”, “Chefoncto River”, “Chefuncta River”, “Chefuncte River”, “Chefuncto River”, “Chifoncte River”, “Chifuncte River”, “Chifunctee Creek”, “Chifunctee River”, “Chifunete River”, “Chifuntee River”, “Kefoncte River”, “Kefonctei River”, “Kefuncte River”, “Quefoncte River”, “River Chefuncte”, “River Tchefonte”, “Riviere De Quefoncte”, “Riviere de Quenfoncte”, “Riviere des Chataignes-Glando”, “Tchefuctia River”, “Tchefuncta River”, “Tchefunctia River”, “Tchfuenctia River”, “Tchfunctia River”, “Tchifoncti Creek”, “Tchifonte River”, “Tchifuncta River”, “Tchifuncti River”, and “Tcifoncta River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tchefuncte River Range Lights.

Lighthouse

Photo: Richard David Ramsey, Public domain.

The Tchefuncte River Range Lights are a range that was first established in 1838 to aid vessels entering the Tchefuncte River from the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.

Nearby places include Madisonville and Mandeville.

Madisonville is a town in St. Tammany Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 748 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 850 at the 2020 U.S. census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The ZIP code is 70447. Madisonville is situated 2 miles north of Tchefuncte River.