La. Navigation and Shipping § 34:201
The Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District is created as a political subdivision of the state and its territorial limits are fixed as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast Corner of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence North along the East line of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, and Township 10 South, Range 8 West to the Northeast Corner of Township 10 South, Range 8 West; thence North along the East line of Township 9 South, Range 8 West, to the North bank, or right descending bank of the main Calcasieu River; thence down the right descending bank of the Calcasieu River with its meanderings to the South line of Section 16 of Township 9 South, Range 8 West; thence West between Sections 16 and 21, 17 and 20, 18 and 19, all in Township 9 South, Range 8 West thence continue West between Sections 13 and 24, 14 and 23 to the centerline of Section 14, all in Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence North along said centerline of Section 14 to the North Right-of-Way line of Phillips Road; thence East along said North Right-of-Way of Phillips Road, to the West Right-of-Way line of La. Hwy. 378; thence North along said West Right-of-Way of La. Hwy. 378 to the North line of Section 14, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence West along said North line of Section 14 to East line of Lot No. 16 of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 9 West, being a portion of the South half of the Southeast quarter of the said Section 11; thence northwesterly along said East line of Lot No. 16 and an extension thereof to the North bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence Westerly following the meanders of said North bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the West line of Section 11, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West line of Section 11 and the West line of Section 14 to North line of the South half of Section 15, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence West along said North line of the South half of Section 15 to the West line of Section 15; thence South along the West line of Section 15 to the Southwest corner of Section 15; thence West between Sections 16 and 21, 17 and 20 to the Northwest corner of Section 20, all in Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence, South between Sections 19 and 20, 29 and 30, 31 and 32 of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence, on South on the Section line between Sections 5 and 6, 7 and 8, to the Southwest Corner of said Section 8, all in Township 10 South, Range 9 West; thence, West between Sections 7 and 18 of Township 10 South, Range 9 West, to the Northwest Corner of Section 18, Township 10 South, Range 9 West; thence, South one-quarter of a mile; thence West three-quarters of a mile; thence, South three-quarters of a mile; thence, West one-quarter of a mile, to the Southwest Corner of Section 13, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence, North 1740 feet; thence, West 2663 feet; thence, South 1740 feet; thence, West one-quarter of a mile to the Northwest Corner of Northeast Quarter of Northwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one mile; thence, West three-quarters of a mile to the Northwest Corner of Northeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one-half mile; thence East three-quarters of a mile; thence North one-quarter of a mile to the Southwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence East one-half mile; thence South one-quarter of a mile; thence East one-quarter of a mile to the Southeast Corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South one and one-half miles to the Southwest Corner of Section 36, Township 10 South, Range 10 West; thence South six miles to the Southwest Corner of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West; thence East along the South line of Section 24, Township 11 South, Range 10 West, to the Centerline of the Intracoastal Waterway, thence Northeasterly along said Centerline of Intracoastal Waterway to the intersection with the West bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel/River, thence South along the West bank of the said Calcasieu Ship Channel/River to the South line of Section 19, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence West along the section line between Sections 19 and 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West to the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West; thence South one quarter of a mile to the Southwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West; thence West one quarter of a mile to West line of Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence South along the West line of said Section 30, Township 11 South, Range 9 West and the West line of Section 31, Township 11 South, Range 9 West to the South line of Township 11 South, Range 9 West, thence East along the South line of Township 11 South, Range 9 West, and Township 11 South, Range 8 West, to the Southeast Corner of Township 11 South, Range 8 West, the same being the point of commencement of this description. Also; beginning at the Northeast corner of Section 1, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; said point also being the Northeast corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, Southwestern District of Louisiana; thence West along the North boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the Northwest corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the North of right ascending bank of the Houston River; thence Easterly downstream, along the right ascending bank of the Houston River to the intersection with the North or right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence northerly upstream, along the right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the South line of the North half of Section 3, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence East along said South line of the North half of Section 3 and the South line of the North half of Section 2, to the West line of Section 1, Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence South along the West line of Section 1 and the West line of Section 12 to the North or right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River; thence Easterly downstream, along the right ascending bank of the West Fork of the Calcasieu River to the East boundary of Township 9 South, Range 9 West; thence North along said East line of Township 9 South, Range 9 West to the Northeast corner of Township 9 South, Range 9 West, the same being the point of commencement.
La. Navigation and Shipping § 34:201