By travelguylife.com
On a 70,000-acre tract bordered by the Old Pearl River in the west and the Pearl River in the east, head east of Slidell and you'll soon find yourself in ancient swampland.
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The Pearl River Basin contains an additional 36,000 acres of protected bottomland hardwood forest and swampland upstream from the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area.
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A guided tour in a kayak or canoe, or in a boat, is the best way to observe Honey Island Swamp.
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The downtown area in Slidell is the kind where you can leave the automobile parked for a few hours.
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There is a lovely park by Bayou Bonfouca on the east side of Olde Towne Slidell.
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With over a dozen skippers operating out of St. Tammany Parish, the Northshore is a popular destination for fishing charters.
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By using this wonderful rail track along the former Illinois Central Railroad corridor, you may see the Northshore's natural splendour without getting wet.
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There is a 130-acre area of Bayou Liberty's nature right next to the eastern trailhead for the Tammany Trace Bike Trail, and it all has an interesting past.
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The former Slidell Town Hall & Jail, constructed in 1907, has a local history museum that provides insight into Slidell's past.
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Fontainebleau State Park covers a significant portion of the Lake Pontchartrain beachfront between Slidell and the city of Mandeville to the west.
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