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Lake Bistineau State Park
- Established
- 1938
- Acreage
- 750 · 750 acres on a 17,200-acre cypress-tupelo lake
- Location
- Webster Parish, LA (near Doyline, ~25 mi SE of Shreveport)
- Key features
- Cypress-and-tupelo-draped Lake Bistineau (created by an 1800 Red River log jam, dammed 1935); Spanish moss; cypress knees in tannin-stained water; two boat launches
- Activities
- Fishing (bass/crappie/bream), boating, canoeing (11-mile canoe trail), swimming, hiking, camping, cabin lodging, biking, wildlife viewing
- Notable
- CCC-era park opened in 1938; the lake itself was originally formed around 1800 when a huge log jam ("the Great Raft") on the Red River backed up water across thousands of acres
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Source: www.lastateparks.com · 2026-05-11