Honey Island Swamp

The Honey Island Swamp (French: Marais de l'Île-de-Miel, Spanish: Pantano de Isla de la Miel) is a marshland located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. Honey Island earned its name due to the abundance of honey bees once seen on a nearby isle.^[1]

The swamp is bordered on the north by U.S. 11, on the south by Lake Borgne, on the east by the Pearl River and the west by the West Pearl River.^[2] The swamp is located within the Pearl River wildlife management area and managed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.^{[citation needed]}

It is one of the least-altered river swamps in the United States.^{[citation needed]} Considered by many to be one of the most pristine swampland habitats in the United States, the Honey Island Swamp covers an area that is over 20 miles (30 km) long and nearly seven miles (10 km) across, with 35,619 of its 70,000^{[citation needed]} acres (280 km²) government sanctioned as permanently protected wildlife area.