<P> The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans , Louisiana , which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city . It is geographically the largest of the seventeen Wards of New Orleans . On the south , the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River . On the western or `` upriver '' side , the Ninth Ward is bounded by ( going from the River north to Lake Pontchartrain ) Franklin Avenue , then Almonaster Avenue , then People 's Avenue . From the north end of People 's Avenue the boundary continues on a straight line north to Lake Pontchartrain ; this line is the boundary between the Ninth and the city 's Eighth Ward . The Lake forms the north and northeastern end of the ward . Saint Bernard Parish is the boundary to the southeast , Lake Borgne farther southeast and east , and the end of Orleans Parish to the east at the Rigolets . </P>
<P> The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans , Louisiana , which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city . It is geographically the largest of the seventeen Wards of New Orleans . On the south , the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River . On the western or `` upriver '' side , the Ninth Ward is bounded by ( going from the River north to Lake Pontchartrain ) Franklin Avenue , then Almonaster Avenue , then People 's Avenue . From the north end of People 's Avenue the boundary continues on a straight line north to Lake Pontchartrain ; this line is the boundary between the Ninth and the city 's Eighth Ward . The Lake forms the north and northeastern end of the ward . Saint Bernard Parish is the boundary to the southeast , Lake Borgne farther southeast and east , and the end of Orleans Parish to the east at the Rigolets . </P>
where is the 9th ward in new orleans
where is the 9th ward in new orleans
easternmost downriver portion of the city
easternmost downriver portion of the city