Lake Ophelia

General data

Name: Lake Ophelia
Water system: Atchafalaya River
Water type: Natural lake
Progression: Red River of the South -> Atchafalaya River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Lake Ophelia lies in east‑central Louisiana. The Wildlife Refuge named after the lake covers about 17,500 acres and was established to protect and restore floodplain and wetland habitat. The lake itself is around 350 acres — a permanently flooded, cypress‑lined waterbody. Lake Ophelia was once a former channel of the nearby Red River of the South before shifts in the river’s course left it isolated as a backwater lake.

Lake Ophelia

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