Lake Bistineau State Park

Lake Bistineau State Park
Scenic byways and marshlands are a common attraction for park visitors.
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
Coordinates	32°26′38″N 93°22′49″W / 32.44389°N 93.38028°W / 32.44389; -93.38028Coordinates: 32°26′38″N 93°22′49″W / 32.44389°N 93.38028°W / 32.44389; -93.38028^[1]
Area	750 acres (3.0 km²; 1.17 sq mi)^[2]
Established	July 6, 1938 (1938-07-06)^[3]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ilakebist.aspx

Lake Bistineau State Park, one of twenty-two state parks in Louisiana, is located on Lake Bistineau, a long and narrow waterway formed in 1800 as a result of extensive flooding created by a large log jam on the nearby Red River. The principal source of Bistineau is Dorcheat Bayou, which originates in southwestern Arkansas and flows through Nevada and Columbia counties before reaching Webster Parish, where it empties into the lake near the village of Doyline. Loggy Bayou, meanwhile, links Bistineau with the Red River.

History

In 1938, then Governor Richard W. Leche signed legislation establishing the state park.^[3] Lake Bistineau has remained a popular North Louisiana recreational site, particularly for fishing and boating, for more than a half-century. In 1942, a large dam and spillway were completed at the southern end of the lake in an effort to maintain a constant water level. Additional land was acquired thereafter, and the park was expanded in 1948.^[4]

Activities

Accommodations at Bistineau are moderately priced.Seven deluxe cabins, with one suited for the disabled, rent for $120 per night and can sleep up to eight persons. Group Camp I rents for $500 per night and includes a dining hall, kitchen, and twenty cabins which can sleep up to 160 people. Group Camp II rents for $250 per night and includes a dining hall, kitchen, and six cabin, which can sleep a maximum of forty-eight persons. The park offers forty-four improved campsites with water and electrical hookups which rent for $22 per night. Another seventeen premium sites with water and hookups rent for $28 per night. There are two swimming pools open during summer.^[1]

Gallery

Lake Bistineau State Park

Cypress trees and Spanish moss line much of the lake.

Parts of the lake were drained in 2008 to remove green moss that covered the lake.

Cypress roots can be seen from the view of the drained lake.

The original level of the lake can be seen by looking at the cypress roots.

The green moss is considered a pest and was removed to prevent overpopulation.

The drained lake provided scenic walkways for exploration.

Green moss can still be seen on the low water levels at this area.

A mural of Lake Bistineau is on display in Doyline, Louisiana.

References

1 2 "Lake Bistineau State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Retrieved 30 January 2011.
↑ Louisiana State Parks - A Guide to Louisiana's State Parks, State Historic Sites and Preservation Areas Brochure. Louisiana State Parks. 2007.
1 2 "Lake Bistineau State Park". Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism. Archived from the original on 2005-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-17.
↑ Edwin Adams Davis, The Rivers and Bayous of Louisiana. Firebird Press. December 31, 1999. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-56554-437-6.

External links

Lake Bistineau State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks

Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz

National Monuments	Poverty Point

National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks

National Forests	Kisatchie

National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Shell Keys Sabine Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw

State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Marksville Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters

State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum

State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek

State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands

Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Red River Russell Sage Sabine Island Sabine Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne Sicily Island Hills Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism (web)
Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (web)
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (web)

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