A 1,775-acre lake completed in 1965 for irrigation and flood control, fifteen miles northwest of Alexandria — it became a recreation destination by accident. Rapides Parish built the dam to water the rice and soybean fields of the Boyce flatlands. The lake filled; families started coming on weekends; a swimming beach and bathhouse went in; full-hookup RV sites followed. The summer headquarters of central Louisiana, built to grow soybeans.
Quick facts
- ·1,775-acre reservoir completed October 1965
- ·Created by impounding Bayou Jean de Jean
- ·85-acre recreation area with swimming beach and bath house
- ·Stocked with game fish by LDWF at opening
- ·Owned and operated by Rapides Parish Police Jury
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