The Amite River () is a

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of Lake Maurepas in

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and

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in the

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. It is about long. It starts as two forks in southwestern Mississippi and flows south through Louisiana, passing Greater

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, to Lake Maurepas. The lower of the river is

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. A portion of the river is diverted via the Petite Amite River and Amite Diversion Canal to the Blind River, which also flows to Lake Maurepas.

Name

''Amite'' could be an name derived from the

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meaning "young", although

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holds it to be a corruption of the French ''amitié'' meaning "friendship".

Fishing

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(''Morone chrysops'') was caught on August 27, 2010 on the Amite River in Louisiana by angler Corey Crochet, tying an International Game Fish Association world record.

Gallery

An excursion steamer on the Amite River in Louisiana (circa 1895).jpg, An excursion steamer on the Amite River, c. 1895

References

External links

Amite River Basin Commission Excerpt about Amité River from ''The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study of Livingston Parish''
US Genweb

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Fishing

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