Lake Peigneur is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With a maximum depth of 200 feet, it is the deepest lake in Louisiana. Its name comes from the French word "peigneur", meaning "one who combs."
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Took my little boat here with the Navionics app and WiFish Sonar and mapped the hole’s depths over several hours of grid search pattern at 5mph. This lake is mostly 2-3ft deep, and I admit this uneasy feeling while I watched the sonar drop to 115ft. The sonar also indicates huge fish lurking in that hole. You can see the result of the survey at webapp.Navonics.com or look at the photos of the lake for the...
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Now salt water lake with max depth 61 m. On November 20, 1980, exploratory drilling by Texaco filled the salt mine with water. The sinkhole swallowed the drilling platform, eleven barges holding supplies for the drilling operation, a tugboat, many trees, and 65 acres (26 hectares) of the surrounding terrain. It was caused by an engineer mistaking Mercator...
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No public access. Tried! Check out YouTube video about lakes history. It was once a fresh water lake that thanks to Texaco driller. A 14 inch bore hole flooded a Salt mine and reversed the direction of the river causing gulf...
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