Black Lake Bayou

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Black Lake Bayou is a watershed in Northwest Louisiana, USA that extends from North of Gibsland and travels south to Clarence, Louisiana--the watershed covers much of Northwest Louisiana. The bayou meanders it's way through the parishes of Claiborne Parish, Webster Parish, Bienville Parish, Red River Parish and Natchitoches Parish [ [http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=11140209 Black Lake Bayou Watershed - 11140209 | Surf Your Watershed | US EPA ] ] --Black Lake Bayou empties into Black Lake (Louisiana).

Black Lake Bayou runs near the towns of Minden, Dubberly, Fryburg, Gibsland, Mount Lebanon, Jamestown, Castor and Ashland. Kepler Lake is also apart of the Black Lake Bayou watershed. [ [http://enlou.com/maps/bienville_map.htm Bienville Parish Map ] ] Black Lake Bayou runs underneath Louisiana Highways: 154, 156, 531, 792, 4, 507, and 155.

Landscape

The bayou is choked by trees--bridge overpasses are the only place where the bayou is easily accessed and usually where people fish. There's 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 Kansas City Southern Railroad had a bridge that crossed Black Lake Bayou at Nix Crossing until the rails to trails program deconstructed it--the pilings still stand in the water. [ [http://www.louisianatrails.org/timesarticle.html LOUISIANA TRAILS - Enjoy the Landscape ] ]

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