Gottschall

I remember the New Basin Canal and the bridge one crossed to get to the Yacht Club boat basin. I remember the lighthouse and the restaurants for fish food. I remember the boat docks south of the parks that has been filled in now and used for apartments, etc. At that time it was a watershed filled with boat docks. . .Read More

Camp-A-Nella

I don't want these memories to be lost just as surely as I don't want to see the end of the camps. And along with the memories we may find pictures, stories, and documents about the camps. If we can put them all together we will have a wonderful record of these culturally historic places. With this record we hope to "Save Our Camps!" by acquiring Historic Landmark Status. . . Read More

Stories about the Pavilion

They have had camps over the water on the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain for over 100 years. This particular neighborhood is called "Little Woods." The main street of Little Woods is named Hayne Blvd. When hurricanes come every 20 or 25 years, ...Read More

Stories about the Tootsie Roll
My grandmother said that they use to rent the camps when she was little. My grandpa owned his, which was named "Tootsie Roll" after him (by my cousin, Karen Tricon) - Morris "Toots" Powell, Sr. Our camp was the first camp next to the airport before they tore it down. There were two camps before ours - one was burned down by arsonist and the second one got blown down by Hurricane Camille. Read More

Stories about Trahan's Cajun Hideaway

Michael Trahan had a camp on Lake Pontchartrain. When I was little it was so boring. But as I got older it got more fun than ever. Once I caught 3 catfish and 1 trout in one day. The next day my best friend came to my camp, ...Read More

Stories about other Camp's

This is a story that happened when I was a small child. My family owned a camp on Lake Pontchartrain for I guess about ten years or so until someone burned it down. Anyway my dad had a little orange speed boat called the Hellion. It was about 6 to 7 feet long. One day he went visiting some friends of ours who owned Smiley Q camp ...Read More