Near West Atchafalaya Floodway Road (Parish Highway 3-95) 6 miles north of Interstate 10.
The Atchafalaya Basin is made up of three floodways - The West Atchafalaya Floodway, The Morganza Floodway and the Lower Atchafalaya Basin Floodway - which together are designed to move floodwaters south to the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to the . . . — — Map (db m117196) HM
On State Highway 105, 1.5 miles north of Ronald Reagan Highway (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling north.
The Flood Control Act of 1966 authorized the Teche-Vermilion Fresh Water Project, which provided funding for the construction of the system that now transfers water from the Atchafalaya River into Bayou Teche and the Vermilion River. Efforts to . . . — — Map (db m114155) HM
On Bayou Manuel Road, 1.5 miles north of Whiskey Bay Highway (State Highway 975), on the left when traveling north.
Big Alabama Bayou Big Alabama and Little Alabama Bayous are now cut off by levees, but once were bustling waterways, full of fisherman, trappers, hunters and more. The town of Sherburne, now long gone, once stood on the banks of the Big . . . — — Map (db m129800) HM
Near Bayou Manuel Road, 1.5 miles north of Whiskey Bay Highway (State Road 975).
Bottomland hardwood forests are seasonally flooded and are commonly known as swamps. These areas once covered great regions of the South but are now a patchwork system of fragmented lands.Great swamps had many things that attracted early visitors. . . . — — Map (db m135040)
