﻿in] 
  Special 
  Report 
  No. 
  2 
  : 
  Shreveport 
  Area 
  159 
  

  

  Ferry 
  lake. 
  — 
  Connected 
  with 
  Sodo 
  lake 
  by 
  Big 
  Willow 
  pass 
  is 
  

   Ferry 
  or 
  Fairy 
  lake. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  Sodo 
  in 
  having 
  hills 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides 
  ;. 
  being 
  exactly 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  as 
  Cross 
  lake, 
  a 
  lake 
  

   occupying 
  an 
  old 
  stream 
  valley. 
  Ferry 
  lake 
  is 
  quite 
  shallow 
  

   with 
  a 
  narrow 
  line 
  of 
  deeper 
  water 
  winding 
  irregularly 
  through 
  

   it. 
  This 
  lake 
  is 
  rendered 
  particularly 
  interesting 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  cypress 
  and 
  oak 
  stumps 
  standing 
  upright 
  in 
  it, 
  even 
  

   in 
  the 
  deepest 
  water. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  Texas 
  line 
  a 
  large 
  valley 
  partially 
  filled 
  with 
  

   water 
  enters 
  Ferry 
  lake 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  This 
  long 
  arm 
  of 
  the 
  

   lake 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Coushatta 
  Jim's 
  bayou 
  or 
  as 
  simply 
  James 
  

   bayou. 
  

  

  Clear 
  lake. 
  — 
  Just 
  north 
  of 
  Big 
  Willow 
  pass 
  and 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  Ferry 
  lake 
  by 
  stumpy 
  bayou 
  is 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   peculiarly 
  shaped 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  bottoms. 
  It 
  is 
  kite-shaped 
  with 
  the 
  

   larger 
  end 
  toward 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  larger 
  end 
  is 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  a 
  triangular 
  elevated 
  island 
  called 
  Pine 
  island, 
  which 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  adjacent 
  upland 
  flats. 
  As 
  seen 
  

   early 
  in 
  December 
  the 
  lake 
  bed 
  showed 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  cockle-burs, 
  a 
  

   few 
  cypress 
  trees 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  about 
  200 
  yards 
  wide. 
  

  

  ChefteVs 
  lake. 
  — 
  The 
  common 
  name 
  Shift-tail 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  cor- 
  

   ruption 
  of 
  Cheftel. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  narrow, 
  shallow 
  lake 
  lying 
  east 
  

   of 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  Clear 
  lake. 
  

  

  Smaller 
  lakes. 
  — 
  The 
  river 
  after 
  reaching 
  the 
  eastern 
  hills 
  at 
  

   Miller's 
  bluffs 
  makes 
  three 
  great 
  loops 
  along 
  their 
  coral 
  margins. 
  

   Several 
  small 
  bottom-basins 
  are 
  thus 
  formed. 
  The 
  southernmost 
  

   of 
  these 
  formed 
  b}- 
  the 
  loop 
  between 
  Carolina 
  and 
  Hurricane 
  

   bluffs 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  Adjer's 
  lake. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  next 
  bend 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  lakes, 
  remnants 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  

   larger 
  one, 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  retain 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  one, 
  

   Mark's 
  lake. 
  

  

  Dutch 
  John's 
  lake 
  in 
  the 
  bend 
  between 
  Coushatta 
  and 
  Miller's 
  

   bluffs, 
  in 
  ordinary 
  water-stages 
  consists 
  of 
  three 
  parts. 
  These 
  are 
  

   the 
  remnants 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  Dutch 
  John's 
  lake 
  of 
  the 
  raft 
  period. 
  

   Silver 
  lake 
  occupies 
  an 
  old 
  stream 
  valley 
  between 
  Cedar 
  and 
  

   Coushatta 
  bluffs. 
  In 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Silver 
  lake 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  water- 
  

   fall 
  about 
  ten 
  feet 
  high. 
  

  

  