Sibley Lake Vacation and Resort Properties

Sibley Lake is impounded by Sibley Lake Dam on the Youngs Bayou in Natchitoches County, Louisiana and is used for drinking water purposes. Construction of Sibley Lake Dam was completed in 1962. At normal levels it has a surface area of 3.4 square miles. It is property of City of Natchitoches.

 

 

Nearby Attractions

Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery (4 miles)

The Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery (NFH) became operational in 1931 under the authority of the White Act as a warm water facility that would produce catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill, and redear sunfish for local public waters and farm ponds. Since 1931, resource needs in the southeast have changed and the mission of the station has changed with the times. Recovery of threatened or endangered fish (pallid sturgeon), and management of interjurisdictional fisheries are also raised to... More

 

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge (23 miles)

The Nature Conservancy purchased an 11,255.51-acre core tract from the Fisher Lumber Company, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation. The Conservancy then sold the land to the USFWS over a span of 5 years.

Cocodrie Bayou is designated as a state scenic river.

The bottomland hardwoods at Bayou Cocodrie NWR have been noted as some of the last remaining, least disturbed timber in the Mississippi River Delta.... More

 

Wallace Lake (49 miles)

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McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge (60 miles)

Bayous weave through a seemingly endless expanse of cordgrass, reptilian eyes at the water*s surface witness the ever-changing variety of waterfowl, and the call of the clapper rail reverberates through the marsh. For hundreds of years, many of the sights and sounds within this dynamic eco-system have gone untouched. Under the protective umbrella of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the hope and expectation is that they will continue for hundreds more.

Welcome to the McFaddin and Texas... More

 

 

 

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