Spanish Lake (Ascension Parish)
General data
- Name: Spanish Lake (Ascension Parish)
- Water system: Gulf of Mexico
- Water type: Natural lake
- Progression: Pass Manchac -> Lake Pontchartrain -> Chef Menteur Pass -> Lake Borgne -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Subtropical
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Spanish Lake sits on the Parish line between Bluff Swamp and parts of Ascension Parish / Iberville Parish — in south Louisiana. The lake is fed by several small bayous: Alligator Bayou, Brand Bayou, Bayou Braud and Bayou Paul. Spanish Lake is part of a larger swamp/wetland-lake system (Bluff Swamp / Spanish Lake Basin), described as a “backwater swamp of the Mississippi River.”