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Bayou Gauche is a census-designated place and fishing village, with an adjacent natural bayou and wetlands. It is located in St. Charles Parish , Louisiana , United States. As of 2020, its population was 2,161.
The entrance sign to Bayou Segnette State Park. Alario Center; Bayou Segnette Field; Boat launch with access to the marshlands and waterways of the Bayou; 16 vacation cabins with air conditioning, heating, and fishing piers; Camping for RVs and tents – There are 98 sites with water and electricity. Comfort stations with showers and laundry ...
Bayou Bartholomew is the longest bayou in the world, [1] meandering approximately 364 miles (586 km) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. [2]It starts northwest of the city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in the Hardin community, winds through parts of Jefferson, Lincoln, Desha, Drew, Chicot, and Ashley counties in Arkansas, and Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and eventually enters the Ouachita ...
Bayou Corne in Louisiana, October 2010 In usage in the Southern United States , a bayou ( / ˈ b aɪ . uː , ˈ b aɪ . oʊ / ) [ 1 ] is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek.
Atchafalaya Basin. The wetlands of Louisiana are water-saturated coastal and swamp regions of southern Louisiana, often called "Bayou".. The Louisiana coastal zone stretches from the border of Texas to the Mississippi line [1] and comprises two wetland-dominated ecosystems, the Deltaic Plain of the Mississippi River (unit 1, 2, and 3) and the closely linked Chenier Plain (unit 4). [2]
It is primarily a sport fishing community with few permanent residents. The Irish Bayou Castle, also known as Fisherman's Castle, was built in 1981 in preparation for the 1984 Louisiana world exposition. The castle is now owned and used by Charles and Jean Khul [2] as a hunting and fishing camp. [3] The origin of the community of Irish Bayou is ...
The bayou is choked by trees—bridge overpasses are the only places where the bayou is easily accessed and usually where people fish. There is a crude boat launch at Nix Crossing, which is 2–3 miles north of Castor and 3–4 miles south of Jamestown. Nix Crossing is one of the widest and deepest parts of Black Lake Bayou.
The bayou was deep enough to support the large boats and formed a perfect horseshoe, which allowed vessels to turn around. The boats would deliver cargo into the area and would load crops on board to take to larger ports along the route. The main crop available for exporting at that time was cotton. In fact, because so much cotton was being ...