Spanish Lake (Ascension Parish)

Spanish Lake (French: Lac Espagnol) is located in the Bluff Swamp on the Iberville - Ascension Parish line.

Spanish Lake
Location of Spanish Lake in Louisiana, USA.
Location of Spanish Lake in Louisiana, USA.
Spanish Lake
Location of Spanish Lake in Louisiana, USA.
Location of Spanish Lake in Louisiana, USA.
Spanish Lake
LocationBluff Swamp, Iberville / Ascension parishes, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates30°17′30″N 91°02′12″W
Basin countriesUnited States

Early European settlers of the area that was developed as French and Spanish ancestry.

Among the projects and plans carried out by Luis de Unzaga 'le Conciliateur' while he was governor of Louisiana between 1769 and 1777 was the promotion of new settlements by Europeans, among them were French Acadians and Malaga in the fertile Mississippi region and more specifically in the Unzaga Post or 'Puesto de Unzaga' that he created in 1771 in Pointe Coupee, the parish of Saint Gabriel in 1773 and Fort Manchac in 1776.[1]

It is fed into by Alligator Bayou, Brand Bayou, Bayou Braud, and Bayou Paul. Spanish Lake is a part of the Bluff Swamp Wildlife Refuge and Botanical Gardens, a national non-profit organization which has preserved 901 acres (3.65 km2) of Bluff Swamp.[2]

References
  1. Cazorla, Frank (2019) The governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Pioneer in the Birth of the United States of America and in Liberalism. Foundation Malaga, pages 48-56, 64-72, 83
  2. "Bluff Swamp, LA" www.lat-long.com


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