Jimmie Davis State Park

Jimmie Davis State Park
Fishing on Caney Lake Reservoir in Jimmie Davis State Park.
Map of Louisiana, United States of America
Location	Jackson Parish, Louisiana, USA
Coordinates	32°17′31″N 92°30′44″W / 32.29207361°N 92.512215°W / 32.29207361; -92.512215^[1]Coordinates: 32°17′31″N 92°30′44″W / 32.29207361°N 92.512215°W / 32.29207361; -92.512215^[1]
Area	294 acres (119 ha)^[2]
Established	1996 (1996)^[1]
Governing body	Louisiana Office of State Parks
http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/ijimmiedavis.aspx

Jimmie Davis State Park is one of twenty-two state parks in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located near Chatham in Jackson Parish on the northern shore of Caney Creek Lake,^[3] a 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) reservoir.^[4]

History

Upon its inception in 1996, the facility was named Caney Creek Lake State Park. In 2003, it was renamed in honor of the former Governor Jimmie Davis, a native of nearby Quitman in Jackson Parish. Davis was a country-western singer and film star in the 1940s and 1950s who served as governor from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964. Nearby cities include Jonesboro (15 miles), Ruston (28 miles), and West Monroe (30 miles).

Activities

Jimmie Davis State Park is set on a mixed pine-hardwood forested peninsula of Caney Creek Lake and provides water access with two boat launches and a fishing pier. Accommodations are provided with 17 deluxe cabins, 2 deluxe lodges for larger groups and 73 campsites. The cabins and premium campsites are located near the waterfront.

Many of the largest bass caught in Louisiana have come from Caney Lake Reservoir.^[5] As of 2010, the largest bass from Louisiana, which weigh 16 pounds, was caught at Caney Lake.^[6]

Cabins and lodges are equipped with satellite television, fireplace, cookware, and linens. Each has access to a boat dock with power connections for boats.

Cycling is popular in the area. There are several miles of country lanes and roads within and outside the park for easy exploring. The park is the home of abundant wildlife, including white-tailed deer, raccoon, opossum, squirrels, rabbits, and waterfowl.

Jimmie Davis State Park

Boat dock at cabins 3 & 4.

Another dock on Caney Lake Reservoir.

References

1 2 3 "Jimmie Davis State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks". Retrieved 30 January 2011.
↑ Smith, Darren L. (2007-05-30). Gill, Kay, ed. Parks Directory of the United States (5 ed.). Omnigraphics, Inc. p. 499.
↑ Not to be confused with Caney Lakes Recreation Area near Minden in Webster Parish
↑ Louisiana State Parks - A Guide to Louisiana's State Parks, State Historic Sites and Preservation Areas Brochure. Louisiana State Parks. 2007.
↑ John N. Felsher (May 2006). "The Changing Face Of Caney Lake". Retrieved 2011-04-01.
↑ Andy Crawford (2010-03-25). "16-pound bass caught on Caddo, Louisiana record at stake". Retrieved 2011-04-01. The current state record is a 15.97-pounder landed by Greg Wiggins in 1994 while fishing Caney Lake.

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Jimmie Davis State Park - Louisiana Office of State Parks

Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz

National Monuments	Poverty Point

National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks

National Forests	Kisatchie

National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Shell Keys Sabine Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw

State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Marksville Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters

State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum

State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek

State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands

Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Red River Russell Sage Sabine Island Sabine Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne Sicily Island Hills Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary

City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (web)

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