LOUISIANA. 





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^ Rivers, Bayous and Lakes of the Slate f^ 



Having spokeu several times of Mir 

 water coiiiisesi. and tlie large niiinb->r of 

 miles of navigable waters in the state, it 

 will proliably convey a better klea of 

 the niarveloufi facility of getting our lum- 

 ber and soil products to the outside 

 world, by tlie ctieapest transpDrtation 

 kno«D (navigable w-iters whicli pene- 



trate every parish of the fifty nine in 

 the state, save four), if a detailed de- 

 scription of these water courses is given. 

 The following, taken from the pamphlet 

 recently published by Commissioner 

 Hawkes, will fully ecplain: 



I he navigable rivers bayoas and lakes 

 and the parshes in which they are navi- 

 gable: 



Names of Waters. 



Miles of 

 Xavi- 

 gatiou. 



Head of Navigation. 



Navigable in the 

 Parishes of 



Amite river Gl. 



Atcliafalaya river 218. 



Earataria bayou 7S. 



Bartiiolomew l)ayon 40. 



(Thori» is nlsr> ,n bayoii Bnr- 

 tl'.oUiinow io St. Mary'.i par- 

 hU.) 



Port Vincent. 



Red river 



E'stinean lake 



Blnok river . 

 Eodcau lake 



Coerf river 



Boeuf liayou 



(There is also a l)a.vou Boeuf 

 and a river Boeuf iu Rapides 

 parisli, liutli unuavisal)le.) 

 Calca«ieu rirer 



Harvey's canal . 

 Baxter. Ark 



r.O. . Mouth of Doi«?hlte Iwvou 



^ Livingston. 

 ■ ( ,4 scension. 



f Avoyelles. 

 Pointe Coupee. 



I St. Landry. 



1 Iberville. 

 ■ ; St. Martin. 

 Iberia. 



I St. Mary. 



t Terrebonne. 

 . .Jefferson. 



< Morehouse. 



'/ Ouachita. 



f Wel)Ster. 

 j Bienville. 

 ! Bossier. 

 I Red River. 



12G. . Mouth of Black river \ J^<itahoula. 



i Concordia. 



10. . Bellevue Bo.ssier. 



I Richland. 



.55. . Ravvillo \ f^'il'^YT."- 



I Franklin. 



I Catahoula. 

 U St. Mary. 



f;o. 



Cane river 



Cross lake . .• -•'• 



Courtableau bayou ;><5. 



D'Arbonne bayou . .' "'0. 



De Glaisc bayou 20. 



l)e Large bayou 20. 



Dorchite (or Danehite) bayou (>. 



Grand Caillou bayou 13. 



Grand Ec 



< Calcasieu. 



i; Cameron. 



Natcliitoches. 



Caddo. 



Washington St. Landry. 



S Union. 

 I Ouachita. 



Evergreen Avoyelles. 



. Terrebonne. 



Mimien Webster. 



Terrebonne. 



FarmervilU 



Lafourche 318. 



(There is n bayou Liifourcbe 

 also, in the parishes of More- 

 lioiise. Ouachita, Ulcliland and 

 Caldwell, not navigable.) 



Little river 12. 



Louis bayou 15. 



Donaldsonville 



Catahoula lake 

 Bayou Castor . 



C Ascension. 

 / Assumption. 

 C Lafourche. 



Catalioula. 

 . (Jatahoula. 



