Additionally, the surrounding lowlands make up the largest river floodplain swamp in North America, covering nearly a million acres. The Atchafalaya Basin is renowned for its natural beauty and ...

It also appears on the historical kiosk at the Atchafalaya Basin Welcome Center. Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is low, standing as monuments to an era when a railway was the only ...

The Atchafalaya Basin (pronounced "Chaff-Uh-Lie-Uh — the "A" is silent) is America's largest swamp, covering almost 1 million acres of wetlands located roughly between Baton Rouge and Lafayette.

Located in south central Louisiana, the basin — a combination of wetlands and river delta where the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf of Mexico — spans 1.4 million acres. It supports 300 bird species ...

Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is low ... "The construction began in 1900, and the Atchafalaya Basin looked different back then," said Brandy M. Landry, tourism manager at the ...

One can get lost in the Atchafalaya Basin, easily becoming surrounded by nothing but silent expansive swamp alive with bird calls and breezes pushing through the mossy wildness. In order to ...

Garrett Roberts of Brusly went out in the pre-dawn hours to go duck hunting in the Atchafalaya Basin. The ducks weren't flying, but he and his friend found a serene sight, with swamp cypresses ...