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Lake Bistineau is a long, narrow waterway of 15,550 acres (62.9 km2), 1.25 miles (2.01 km) wide and 14 miles (23 km) long located in Webster, Bossier, and Bienville parishes in northwestern Louisiana. The lake is fed by Dorcheat Bayou, Clark’s Bayou, and other smaller streams. Bistineau is connected to the Red River and hence the Mississippi through Loggy Bayou. The name “Bistineau”, derived from the Caddo Indians, means “big broth”, a reference to the variety of plant life found in the water, often on the surface of the lake. Bistineau was formed in 1800, when several thousand acres of land flooded because of a major log jam in the Red River, a hindrance later eliminated by Captain Henry Miller Shreve, for whom Shreveport is named. As the area was dredged, the lake began to drain. During…
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