Duncan Canal
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The Duncan Canal, also known as the West Return Canal, is a canal in Louisiana, running along a sizable portion of the boundary between Jefferson Parish, Louisiana and St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The primary purpose of the canal is drainage; a series of pumps and feeder canals feed a portion of the rain and ground water of the East Bank of Jefferson into the canal which drains it into Lake Pontchartrain. The city of Kenner, Louisiana is on the Jefferson, or eastern, side. For most of the canal's distance, the area on the St. Charles Parish side is undeveloped swamp. A levee topped with a concrete flood wall runs along the Jefferson side.
Correction: Apparently a bot deleted my last one, so... The Duncan Canal is not also known as the West Return Canal that I am aware of. The Duncan Canal lies approximately two miles inside Jefferson Parish in the city of Kenner. It runs from Lake Ponchartrain to just beyond 32nd street where it terminates, (ironically enough,) at Duncan Street. The photo and description above are of the St Cahrles Outflow Canal and should not be confused with the Duncan Canal which has been behind my home for over thirty years and actually rose over its banks and entered my home during Hurricane Katrina.
The link below to Wikimedia Commons sends you to a page of 12 photographs of the St Charles Outflow Canal, not the Duncan Canal. This article must have been written by someone not from the area.
Caveat Emptor, -M Styborski
