Loggy Bayou

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Loggy Bayou is a 17.3-mile-long stream in northwestern Louisiana that connects Lake Bistineau with the Red River. Lake Bistineau is the reservoir created by Dorcheat Bayou, which flows 115 miles south from Nevada County, Arkansas into Webster Parish.

The bayou runs south through south Bossier Parish (west of Ringgold) and Bienville Parish, then into Red River Parish. North of Coushatta, Loggy Bayou joins the Red River, which flows toward the Mississippi. At East Point, Louisiana, the bayou’s average discharge is about 1,960 cubic feet per second.

One of the first settlements on Loggy Bayou was Ninock, founded in 1837 by Peabody Atkinson Morse, a native of Massachusetts. The name Ninock refers to the Great Raft, a historic log jam on the Red and Atchafalaya rivers that was removed in the 1830s.

The Loggy Bayou Wildlife Management Area covers 6,558 acres about 20 miles southeast of Bossier City in south Bossier Parish. Its northern boundary is LA 154, and the eastern boundary runs along Loggy Bayou. The western boundary includes Flat River and Bossier Point Road, and the southern boundary is US 71. The area is managed by the Minden office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (which owns 2,138 acres), the Louisiana Office of State Lands (159 acres), and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. It sits on an alluvial floodplain with bottomland hardwood forests. Activities include hunting, fishing, birding, and hiking, with a boat launch and designated camping areas.

Note: This Loggy Bayou is different from a swamp with the same name in Drew County, Arkansas.