Stream in Natchitoches Parish, LA
Kisatchie Bayou is a series of interconnected, natural waterways totaling over 38 miles in length in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, and Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The bayou is a tributary of Old River at Isle Brevelle. The bayou runs through a large portion of Kisatchie National Forest, the only national forest in the State of Louisiana.[1][2]
Kisatchie Falls, located on Kisatchie Bayou, is the only Class II rapids in Louisiana.[3]
The Man in the Moon (1991 film) was filmed at Kisatchie Bayou. Several of the swimming scenes with actress Reese Witherspoon were filmed at the bayou and the falls.[4]
Name
The name Kisatchie is derived from a tribe of Kichai Indians of the Caddo Confederacy. [5]
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