17th Ward of New Orleans
Coordinates: 29°54′25″N 90°03′16″W / 29.906928°N 90.054453°W
The 17th Ward is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans, a section of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans Districts and Wards. The 17th Ward, along with the 16th, was formed when the City of New Orleans annexed City of Carrollton in 1870.
The Ward stretches from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. It is the farthest up-river ward of the city; the upper (western) boundary is Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The lower boundary extends from the riverfront along Carrollton Avenue (across which is the 16th Ward) to the intersection of I-10. This was formerly the route of the New Basin Canal, the original ward boundary. Across I-10 here is the 3rd Ward. Continuing back along the former Canal route, the boundary north of I-10 becomes Pontchartrain Boulevard, across which is the 4th Ward, and north to the lakefront.
The area closer to the Riverfront was originally the upper half of the town of Carrollton, Louisiana, annexed to New Orleans in the 1870s. The boundary between the Ward and Jefferson Parish from Metairie Ridge back is the 17th Street Canal.
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