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    La Balize, Louisiana was a French fort and settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River, in what later became Plaquemines Parish. The village's name...
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  • Balize may refer to: Belize, a country in Central America La Balize, Louisiana, a former French fort and settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River...
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    near the mouth of the Mississippi was known as La Balize, a name that meant "seamark" in French. La Balize was located about ten miles (16 km) downriver...
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  • British Honduras, a former British colony called Belize after 1973 La Balize, Louisiana, established by the French c. 1700 This disambiguation page lists...
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    the colony in late January 1767, in an impromptu ceremony held at La Balize, Louisiana; however, he changed his mind the next day when it came time to sign...
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    fort at the mouth of the Mississippi at a settlement they named La Balise (or La Balize), "seamark" in French. By 1721, they built a 62-foot (19 m) wooden...
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    Mississippi River (category Borders of Louisiana)
    Donaldsonville, Louisiana Lutcher, Louisiana Destrehan, Louisiana New Orleans, Louisiana Pilottown, Louisiana La Balize, Louisiana (historical) The road crossing...
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  • he sailed to Africa on an enslaving voyage. Catherine arrived at La Balize, Louisiana on 9 September 1788, with 294 captives. She then became a Liverpool-based...
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    and to a nearby bayou. The oldest European settlement in the parish was La Balize, where the French built and inhabited a crude fort by 1699 near the mouth...
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    Louisiana List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana Jackson Barracks, New Orleans Fort de la Balize Fort De La Boulaye "National Register Information System"...
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