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	Welcome To Cameron Parish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		ameron Parish, the largest parish in Louisiana, is located in the southwestern corner of the state on the Gulf of Mexico, bordering the Texas line.
		Cameron, originally called Leesburg, is a land of abundance, unique in formation, with miles of beautiful beaches, abundant wildlife and fisheries and a vast unspoiled wilderness, just waiting to be enjoyed.
		Activities such as fishing, hunting, crabbing, swimming, shelling, photography and bird watching are beyond compare.
	user.camtel.net /cameron/public (113 words)

	Cameron Parish, Louisiana Genealogical Records Information
		Cameron Parish was created on March 16, 1870, by Legislative Act 102, from part of Calcasieu and from the southwestern comer of Vermillion and the parish was named in honor of U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
		Cameron Parish Clerk of Court has Court Records from 1870 and Land Records from 1870 and Probate Records from 1870 has Marriage Records from 1870 and is located at 119 Smith Circle, P O Box 549, Cameron, LA 70631, (337) 775-5316, (337) 775-7172 Fax.
		Vermilion Parish was formed from the southern part of Lafayette in 1844, and in 1870, the southwestern corner of Vermilion became a part of the new parish of Cameron.
	www.mylouisianagenealogy.com /la_county/cam.htm (5036 words)

	Cameron Parish Chapter - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		By 1749, the population of Truro Parish was estimated at 3,844 and that of Cameron Parish at 2,191.
		Unfortunately, Cameron Parish had a population of less affluent people than in Fairfax, and in 1766 the vestry of Truro was directed to sell its glebe and church plat, and to divide the proceeds between Truro and Cameron Parishes in an attempt to offset Cameron's lack of funds.
		Cameron Parish had now shrunk to comprising just the area bounded by four waterways: the Potomac on the north, Bull Run on the south, Goose Creek to the west, and Difficult Run in the east.
	www.geocities.com /cameronparish/chapter.html (641 words)

	Cameron Parish Recovery Priorities
		Parish experiences a problem with secondary flooding due to storm water runoff from the GIWW and inland parishes.
		Parish needs to establish an office or entity to manage all rebuilding efforts; to develop and strengthen Parish capacity to coordinate and implement rebuilding and repairing housing and all structures including.
		Parish needs answers to the many uncertainties that it is facing such as, elevation requirements, flood zone maps, and insurance coverage – all of which require tough policy decisions to be made at the local, state and federal levels.
	www.louisianaspeaks-parishplans.org /IndParishHomepage_BaselinePriorityIssues.cfm?EntID=5 (1092 words)

	Cameron Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The parish seat is Cameron and as of 2000, the population is 9,991.
		Organized in 1870, the Parish is named for Simon Cameron, a Pennsylvanian who was President Abraham Lincoln's first secretary of war.
		The median income for a household in the parish was $34,232, and the median income for a family was $39,663.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana (424 words)

	Local Coastal Programs: EMU Cameron Parish
		Holly Beach, Johnson's Bayou, Cameron, and Grand Chenier are in a V-12 Zone; Creole is in a V-5 Zone; and Hackberry and Grand Lake are in an A-2 Zone.
		Cameron is the site of the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival which is held in January of each year, and Grand Chenier is the site of the Cameron Parish Deep Sea Rodeo held each 4th of July.
		Hog Bayou is the primary saltwater marsh area along the Gulf of Mexico in Cameron Parish, as such it is the foremost estaurine breeding ground for saltwater marine life.
	dnr.louisiana.gov /crm/coastmgt/interagencyaff/lcp/parish/cam_emu.asp (5867 words)

	Cameron's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Geologists tell us that at times Cameron Parish had been the bed of the Gulf of Mexico; at other times, it was far inland with the coastline much farther to the south than it is at present.
		The cheniers in the southern part of the parish are in reality former beaches that, through the activities of nature, have become isolated from the sea by strips of marshes.
		Vermilion Parish was formed from the southern part of Lafayette in 1844, and in 1870, the southwestern corner of Vermilion became a part of the new parish of Cameron.
	www.cameronparish.net /history.html (2245 words)

	Cameron Parish Recovery Plan
		Cameron Parish is the westernmost coastal parish of
		The parish economy is largely linked to support for the oil and gas industry while excellent hunting and fishing contributes outside spending to local businesses.
		The cheniers in the southern part of the parish are former beaches that, through the activities of nature, have become isolated from the Gulf by strips of marshes.
	www.louisianaspeaks-parishplans.org /IndParishHomepage.cfm?EntID=5 (266 words)

	Cameron Parish Recovery Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cameron Parish is the westernmost coastal parish of
		The parish economy is largely linked to the oil and gas industry, and hunting and fishing.
		The cheniers in the southern part of the parish are former beaches that, through the activities of nature, have become isolated from the Gulf by strips of marshes.
	devweb.gcr1.com /ltcr/IndParishHomepage.cfm?EntID=5 (258 words)

	Cameron Parish Technology Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Cameron Parish School System supports the belief of the Louisiana State Department of Education "that technological literacy is fundamental to success in the Information Age." "Advances in technology are transforming nearly every aspect of American life and have become an integral part of the global marketplace.
		Cameron Parish students are becoming individual learners by using the technology resources in our classrooms.
		This site will be used by teachers throughout the parish to contact those teachers creating the lessons for their plans and strategies in redelivery of the lesson.
	www.cameron.k12.la.us /cameron_parish_technology_plan.htm (1585 words)

	Cameron Parish, Louisiana LA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		The parish was named for Simon Cameron, U.S. senator from PA Cameron Parish is one of 64 parishes in Louisiana.
		The parish is in the Lake Charles metro area.The estimated population in 2004 was 9,681.
		This was a decrease of -3.10% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3288 (420 words)

	Cameron, Louisiana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cameron is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States.
		Cameron is on the Creole Nature Trail, one of the National Scenic Byways.
		In 1957, Cameron was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Audrey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cameron,_Louisiana (468 words)

	Cameron Parish Page Locale
		Cameron Parish is still the "place to visit." The 1,441-square-mile parish is home to four wildlife refuges.
		New to the area is the recently dedicated Veterans Honor Wall in front of the Cameron Parish Courthouse.
		Cameron Parish is located at latitude 29.85 degrees North, longitude 93.20 degrees West.
	www.lapage.com /parishes/camer.htm (218 words)

	Town of Old Lyme, CT - Cameron Parish Hurrican Relief Effort Launched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The towns of Lyme and Old Lyme have joined in partnership to assist the residents of Cameron Parish, Louisiana with their recovery from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Rita.
		Cameron Parish, similar to a county, is located in the southwest corner of Louisiana near the Texas border.
		The Town of Lyme is prepared to donate a retired fire truck in an effort to jump-start the relief effort, and pledges have been made to fund the cost of its transportation to Cameron Parish.
	www.oldlyme-ct.gov /Home/S007518F7-0075199D (450 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Mallard Bay Landing Bulk Plant, Grand Cheniere, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
		The MBLBP site is located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which had a total population of 9,260 in 1990.
		Cameron Parish, the largest parish (area-wise) in Louisiana, is located in the southwestern corner of the state on the Gulf of Mexico, bordering the Texas line.
		The 1,441-square-mile parish is home to four wildlife refuges comprising about 284,000 acres of both fresh and saltwater marshes and bird sanctuaries.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/mallard/mbl_p1.html (7103 words)

	Hurricane Rita Monument Dedication Photos \| Cameron Parish, Louisiana
		The second was a post-Rita letter to the residents of Cameron from Speaker of the House of Representatives, J. Dennis Hastert.
		The ceremony ended with the crowd joining the interdenominational Cameron Parish Combined Choir in the singing of the official state song, “You Are My Sunshine.” During the singing of that song, the sky cleared and sunshine filled the courtroom.
		This is one of the 38 cemeteries in Cameron Parish that was breached when 130 mile per hour winds and a 20 foot wall of water hit the shore.
	www.suhor.com /news/camerondedicationphotos.htm (1685 words)

	Private Property Debris Removal Begins In Cameron Parish
		Cameron Parish PPDR efforts will begin in Johnson's Bayou.
		The Parish has completed the FEMA approval process for the first grid of PPDR in Johnson's Bayou, totaling 254 properties.
		To date, 217,855 cubic yards of debris have been removed from Cameron Parish, 43.6 percent of the 500,000 CY of debris estimated in the parish by FEMA, the State of Louisiana and the USACE.
	www.ohsep.louisiana.gov /newsrelated/debrisremoval.htm (185 words)

	Acadiana Park Nature Station
		These two bodies of water divide the southern half of the parish in such a way that access across the parish in an East-West direction is possible only taking I-10 to the north, or by taking the Cameron Ferry in the south.
		Cameron Prairie NWR and the Gibbstown bridge can be reached by heading north on Hwy 27 east between Rutherford Beach and Cameron.
		The area west of the Cameron Ferry includes such birding hotspots as the Holleyman Migratory Bird Sanctuary, the Sabine NWR boardwalk, and a very nice stretch of beach (for birds, anyway) along Highway 82.
	www.naturestation.org /BirdLocCameron.asp (1889 words)

	Cameron Parish
		In July of 1980, the Cameron Parish Public Transit System was born of necessity.
		Cameron Parish is extremely rural with no incorporated towns or villages within its boundaries.
		Cameron Parish Public Transit remains the only form of public transportation throughout this vast area.
	www.dotd.state.la.us /intermodal/transit/resource/cameron.htm (256 words)

	Cameron Parish: Louisiana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Cameron Parish, which has a population of 9,991 (2000 census), is home to flourishing oil and gas, fur and trapping, fishing, and truck farming industries.
		Cameron Parish is perhaps best known for the devastation caused by Hurricane Audrey in 1957.
		Cameron Parish's principal tourist attraction consists of The Creole Nature Trail National Science Byway.
	ccet.louisiana.edu /03a_Cultural_Tourism_Files/02.1_Acadiana_Parishes/Cameron_Parish.html (205 words)

	Samuel P. Henry: “Father of Cameron Parish”
		Samuel P. Henry was born on Aug. 24, 1830 in Lancaster, PA., the son of Stewart Henry, born Sept., 1804 in Delaware; and Mary Ann Lynch, born Mar. 24, 1808 in Maryland.
		Apparently Henry was so impressed with the prospects of Cameron Parish, that he returned to New Orleans at once in order to move his wife and children.
		For many years it was the only store in Cameron, so Henry had to purchase all the cotton, deer hides, other peltries, produce and Satsuma oranges as he traded with the settlers of the parish.
	www.wtblock.com /wtblockjr/samuel_henry.htm (1475 words)

	In Battered Parish, Officials Bear the Brunt of Neighbors' Anguish - New York Times
		Six part-time members of the Cameron Parish Police Jury, a sort of county legislature, sat in a semi-circle in the dank Cameron Courthouse, where a calendar in the deserted basement is paused at September.
		It is because of Hurricane Audrey that some residents have yet to forgive parish officials for initially refusing to lift an evacuation order for southern Cameron, a decision based on the damaged roads, scattered debris and, yes, the unnerving sight of 350 disturbed graves.
		Cameron is years and years removed from being anywhere close to what it was.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/06/30/us/30road.html?ex=1309320000&en=17181b992eaa486d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss (1140 words)

	Parish Savaged by Audrey Now Feels Rita's Wrath
		CAMERON PARISH, La., Sept. 25 -- Cameron Parish had 48 years to put Audrey behind it, 48 years to watch the really big hurricanes, the true monsters, go elsewhere.
		Cameron was too flooded and windy and treacherous for rescue missions on the day of the storm, too dangerous for the locals to feel comfortable giving the media more than a peek on the day after.
		Much of this parish -- the largest in Louisiana, covering 1,300 square miles of some of the United States' best hunting and fishing grounds, and housing the second-largest deposits in the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve system -- is impassable, its few small towns and clusters of fishing camps mostly flooded and its roads submerged.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092501414.html (1153 words)

	FEMA: FEMA Flood Recovery Guidance
		FEMA is encouraging local government officials in Cameron Parish to adopt a 1 foot freeboard and elevate structures to at least 1 foot above the current BFEs shown on the effective FIRMs for the reasons stated above.
		Until the study is completed, FEMA is encouraging communities within Cameron Parish to use the Flood Recovery Guidance described herein.
		This Flood Recovery Guidance method establishes the Advisory BFE necessary for recovery and rebuilding; for Cameron Parish, the Advisory BFE is the effective BFE plus a recommended freeboard of 1 foot.
	www.fema.gov /hazard/flood/recoverydata/katrina/katrina_la_cam_g.shtm (966 words)

	Cameron,Louisiana hurricanes
		Between 90 and 95 percent of the buildings in Cameron and Lower Vermilion Parishes were damaged beyond repair.
		1971 edith gusts to 95mph 6 ft s.s,69mph in Cameron with gusts to 96mph passed approx 30 miles east of Cameron.Heavy damage to sugarcane crops.
		High storm surge in many areas of Vermillion parish with very heavy damage.Moves slowly to the NW as a large hurricane weakening while moving in.
	www.hurricanecity.com /city/cameron.htm (305 words)

	AmericanPress.com - 'Ghosts of Cameron Parish' exhibit immortalizes the past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Pre-Hurricane Rita images of Cameron, showing intact homes along the coastline and the natural beauty of lower Cameron Parish are on display at the Gallery By the Lake.
		The "Ghosts of Cameron Parish" exhibit, sponsored by Associated Louisiana Artists, features works depicting the parish before it was devastated by Hurricane Rita.
		Cameron was a beautiful area, much of which was destroyed by the hurricane.
	www.americanpress.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=442 (511 words)

	GENUKI - Cameron
		In addition to the parish church, there is a UP Church at Lathones." edited from Westwood's Directory for the counties of Fife and Kinross published 1862.
		Kirk Session and similar records for the parish church (CH2/49) are held at the Special Collections Dept. of St Andrews University Library.
		Prior to 1824, wills, testaments and inventories of residents of Cameron may be found in either the St Andrews Commissariot (CC20) or the Edinburgh Commissariot (CC8) records.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/sct/FIF/parishes/Cameron/index.htm (846 words)

	Cameron Parish Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In addition, the Cameron Parish Police Jury is responsible for the following subdistricts: 11 fire stations, 6 water districts, 6 recreation facilities, 5 drainage districts, 1 mosquito abatement district, 2 hospitals, 1 health unit, 1 library, and 2 port commissions.
		The two major ports that come under the jurisdiction of the Cameron Police Jury are the West Cameron Port, Harbor and Terminal District, and the East Cameron Port, Harbor and Terminal District.
		The East Cameron Port Board is responsible for the operation of the port at the lower part of the Mermentau River at Grand Chenier.
	www.cameronparish.net /government.html (360 words)

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