'Barataria Bay' is located in Southeastern
Louisiana, in
Jefferson Parish and
Plaquemines Parish,
United States.
Barataria Bay was used as the base of the
privateers led by
Jean Lafitte in the early
19th century, and is today a notable resource of
shrimp and
sulfur, as well as one of
muskrat furs,
natural gas, and oil.
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