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Grand Isle

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Grand Isle

Island town in Jefferson Parish, southeast Louisiana; population (1990) 1,500; it is 11 km/7 mi in length from northeast–southwest and up to 2 km/1.5 mi wide. Grand Isle is situated to the south of Barataria and Caminada bays, 80 km/50 mi south of New Orleans. The island is wooded and has a noted beach. Its inhabitants fish and maintain truck farms, and tourism is also important to the local economy. In the early 19th century it was a headquarters of the pirate Jean Lafitte's smuggling operations.



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In Jefferson Parish, Friends of Jefferson the Beautiful will plant 1,250 trees along streets and roadways, on selected school grounds, on the campus of the Town of Jean Lafitte, and in the Butterfly Park in Grand Isle.
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Tokyo, Japan, Apr 27, 2006 - (JCN) - Darcy Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based IB Daiwa Corporation (TSE: 3587), was the high bidder on Grand Isle blocks 95 and 100 at the US Govt.
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The FBI in New Orleans, Louisiana, seeks information regarding the identity of a female found in February 1999 floating in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 20 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana.
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