Breton Island (Louisiana)

Map of the Breton and Chandeleur Sounds
Brown pelicans nesting on Breton Island

Breton Island is an island (or group of islands) in the Gulf of Mexico near the mouth of the Mississippi River and part of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.[1] It is part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1904.

  1. ^ Sir Humphry Davy; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1896). The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses delivered before the Royal society. Elements of agricultural chemistry, pt. I. Smith, Elder and Company. pp. 440–. Retrieved 10 December 2012.