Fausse pointe Lake

Lake Fausse Pointe lies along the western edge of the Atchafalaya Basin, amid swamps, bayous and low wooded land. It was once part of a chain of lakes known together as Lake Chitimacha and later as Grand Lake. The waters and nearby forests were part of the country of the Chitimacha, whose communities lived among the rivers and coastal wetlands of southern Louisiana. Floods and changing channels have long shaped this intricate landscape of water and land.