Sabine Lake

Sabine Lake is a broad estuary on the Gulf coast, formed where the Sabine and Neches rivers meet before reaching the sea. Shallow water, marshes and surrounding forests make it a meeting place of fresh and salt water. Indigenous peoples inhabited the rivers and coast around the lake, including Atakapan-speaking communities to the west. The estuary offered fish and shellfish as well as a water route between the inland rivers and the Gulf of Mexico.