Why is Lake Calcasieu

[inchspinner]

Just like you tell your kids when they ask WHY WHY BUT WHY anf you say "_JUST BECAUSE"......

[Salty]

I'll buy that, as well.

[Marshrat]

I was told by my grandfather that it was given that nickname after the community of Big Lake was formed.



Warren

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Marshrat

I was told by my grandfather that it was given that nickname after the community of Big Lake was formed.



Warren

The community must have gotten it's name from the lake. Which came first...the chicken or the egg?

[jchief]

Originally Posted by Big Kahunaz

Probably due to comparison of other local lakes (Prien & Lake Charles)...it's BIG.

What he said is what I was always told. Gotta remember. There weren't too many automobiles back in the day. This lake is huge compared to Lake Charles, Prien and Black Lake.

[tumbleweed]

The Calcasieu River was once called Rio Hondo which is spanish for deep river,

deep river, big lake they sort of go together. My best guess.

[Hebert]

cuz when the first coonass that saw it said " keeyaww..mais dats a big lake!!"

[Duck Butter]

The name 'Big Lake' helps to justify going out and spending a whole buncha money on a big bay boat to fish there If you told your wife you needed to buy a 24' bay boat to fish 'Little Lake' more effectively it probably would not go over as well. Just a guess though, not sure

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

The name 'Big Lake' helps to justify going out and spending a whole buncha money on a big bay boat to fish there If you told your wife you needed to buy a 24' bay boat to fish 'Little Lake' more effectively it probably would not go over as well. Just a guess though, not sure

Doesn't really matter, cause when you die, she's gonna sell all your stuff for what you told her you paid for it.

[Jordan]

W owns the lake, so he named it Big lake...

[Pat Babaz]

Here is a paragraph and a link to the website of a guy who claims to be an atakapa indian desendant. I can't vouch for any of this info, but he answers the question Salty asked:
Prien Lake can be reached off I-210, Lake Street exit. The Atakapa-Ishak Indians called it Yukiti Tul ("Indian Lake"). In 1885 the Smithsonian recorded the Atakapa Language at a village site that sat on Yukiti Tul. A small park at the lake's edge is convenient for the tourist. It has been reported that in 1924 the last Indian dwellers around Yukiti Tul were chased off their ancestral lake by Lake Charles' powers. A third lake is Calcasieu Lake. It lies about 12 miles south of Yukiti Tul on the Calcasieu River's southward flow. It is prominent in the lives of the Atakapa-Ishak Indians in the Lake Charles City Area. The Indians' name for it was Tul Hets. That means "Big Lake." Descendants of the Atakapa-Ishaks living in Lake Charles still tend to call that lake "Big Lake" instead of Calcasieu Lake. Diggings show that Tul Hets' shore line was heavily inhabited by the Atakapa Ishak Indians
Link: http://www.beau.org/~velmer/local/drivingtour.html

[PaulMyers]

Originally Posted by Pat Babaz

Here is a paragraph and a link to the website of a guy who claims to be an atakapa indian desendant. I can't vouch for any of this info, but he answers the question Salty asked:
Prien Lake can be reached off I-210, Lake Street exit. The Atakapa-Ishak Indians called it Yukiti Tul ("Indian Lake"). In 1885 the Smithsonian recorded the Atakapa Language at a village site that sat on Yukiti Tul. A small park at the lake's edge is convenient for the tourist. It has been reported that in 1924 the last Indian dwellers around Yukiti Tul were chased off their ancestral lake by Lake Charles' powers. A third lake is Calcasieu Lake. It lies about 12 miles south of Yukiti Tul on the Calcasieu River's southward flow. It is prominent in the lives of the Atakapa-Ishak Indians in the Lake Charles City Area. The Indians' name for it was Tul Hets. That means "Big Lake." Descendants of the Atakapa-Ishaks living in Lake Charles still tend to call that lake "Big Lake" instead of Calcasieu Lake. Diggings show that Tul Hets' shore line was heavily inhabited by the Atakapa Ishak Indians
Link: http://www.beau.org/~velmer/local/drivingtour.html

I had heard that same thing Pat. Thanks for doing the research and posting it. May not be fact but sounds like it is.

Sent from my EVO

[Goose]

Dang Babaz,

Pretty impresive! My grandparents lived on Prien and my parents live on Henderson Bayou. I remember as a kid before million dollar mansions were part of the landscape my brothers and I use to find quite a few indian artifacts,(mostly arrowheads) and such. The part between Prien Lake Park and the ship channel is called Indian Bay! Good work Patrick, now get back to work!

["W"]

Originally Posted by Pat Babaz

Here is a paragraph and a link to the website of a guy who claims to be an atakapa indian desendant. I can't vouch for any of this info, but he answers the question Salty asked:
Prien Lake can be reached off I-210, Lake Street exit. The Atakapa-Ishak Indians called it Yukiti Tul ("Indian Lake"). In 1885 the Smithsonian recorded the Atakapa Language at a village site that sat on Yukiti Tul. A small park at the lake's edge is convenient for the tourist. It has been reported that in 1924 the last Indian dwellers around Yukiti Tul were chased off their ancestral lake by Lake Charles' powers. A third lake is Calcasieu Lake. It lies about 12 miles south of Yukiti Tul on the Calcasieu River's southward flow. It is prominent in the lives of the Atakapa-Ishak Indians in the Lake Charles City Area. The Indians' name for it was Tul Hets. That means "Big Lake." Descendants of the Atakapa-Ishaks living in Lake Charles still tend to call that lake "Big Lake" instead of Calcasieu Lake. Diggings show that Tul Hets' shore line was heavily inhabited by the Atakapa Ishak Indians
Link: http://www.beau.org/~velmer/local/drivingtour.html

I knew them damn Pilgrims took it from the Indians......

[Pat Babaz]

Originally Posted by Goose

Dang Babaz,

Pretty impresive! My grandparents lived on Prien and my parents live on Henderson Bayou. I remember as a kid before million dollar mansions were part of the landscape my brothers and I use to find quite a few indian artifacts,(mostly arrowheads) and such. The part between Prien Lake Park and the ship channel is called Indian Bay! Good work Patrick, now get back to work!

My niece always has her birthday parties at PPG park pavillion and my wife's uncle is always slipping off to walk the banks and look for indian stuff. He has found several arrowheads and tons of broken pottery. Pretty neat stuff. By the way B.K. ya'll did a fine job getting those boilers back up after the blip today. We weren't far from killing the extruders for lack of steam. Bout time ya'll do something over there