Lake Claiborne Dam

32.7231,-92.9203

Lake Claiborne in Claiborne Parish (near Homer in Northwest Louisiana) was formed by damming Bayou D'Arbonne in the mid 1960s. A state park on the southern shore of the 5,915-acre lake opened in 1974. The lake was quite low when we visited in December of 2011, although I'm not certain whether that was because of the recent drought or an intentional lowering to facilitate construction on a bridge on LA 146.

Spillway 12/25/2011 16:45	Earthen dam 12/25/2011 16:45
Spillway intake 12/25/2011 16:46	Spillway 12/25/2011 16:46
Access road 12/25/2011 16:47	Spillway intake 12/25/2011 16:47
Spillway info sign 12/25/2011 16:49	Spillway 12/25/2011 16:51
Park entrance 12/25/2011 16:58	Lake Claiborne 12/25/2011 17:03
Dock well above water level 12/25/2011 17:03	Invasive species 12/25/2011 17:12
Me and mom 12/25/2011 17:12	Low water level on the beach 12/25/2011 17:18
Low water level 12/25/2011 17:18	Cabins 12/25/2011 17:26