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Golden Nugget Lake Charles is a 242-acre waterfront casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, [1] owned and operated by Houston-based Landry's, Inc. [2] The resort features 1038 guest rooms and suites housed in a 22-story tower, an 18-hole golf course, 30,000 square feet of meeting space, more than a dozen dining and bar options, a private beach, marina, spa & salon, retail ...
Sam Houston Jones State Park is a park near the city of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, in southwestern Louisiana (USA), located where the Houston River joins the Calcasieu River and Indian Bayou. It consists of 1,087 acres (440 ha) of woodlands, lakes and rivers. Prominent in the park are many bald cypress trees. Tree-filled lagoons and a ...
Nearly all of the coastline in that area was flooded heavily, with surge and floodwaters reaching 60 miles inland, [12] as far north as Lake Charles. [13] In Cameron Parish the communities of Cameron, Holly Beach, Hackberry, Creole, and Grand Chenier were essentially destroyed. From 2000 to 2010, the population in the parish dropped by nearly ...
Holes 11-13 at the Dunes Golf & Beach Club are called “Alligator Alley,” and famed sports writer Dan Jenkins complained about their presence when he reviewed Waterloo for Sports Illustrated in ...
Calcasieu Lake is a brackish lake located in southwest Louisiana, United States, located mostly within Cameron Parish. The Lake, also known as Big Lake to the local population, is paralleled on its west shore by Louisiana Highway 27 , and is located about 17 mi (27 km) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana .
Lake Charles State Park offers many different opportunities for outdoors enthusiasts including fishing, camping, swimming, and hiking. The lake is maintained by the AGFC, who stock catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, white bass, and others. Camping is available at any of Lake Charles' 61 campsites (23 class AAA, 37 class B, one RV). [3]
Cameron is located in south-central Cameron Parish at (29.788055, -93.311764), [20] along the Gulf of Mexico at an elevation of 4 feet (1.2 m) above sea State highways 27 and 82 pass through the community as Marshall Street, crossing the Calcasieu Ship Channel just west of town.
The ship channel runs along the west side of Calcasieu Lake between the lake and "West Cove". [4] It is a combination of natural lakes, streams, and man-made cuts. [5] The Calcasieu Ship Channel comprises two sections, the "Outer Bar" at 33 miles (29 nmi), 30 miles (26 nmi) pass the seaward state boundary, [6] and "The Inner Channel" at 32 miles (28 nmi) measured from the three mile seaward ...