The Great Raft was an enormous log jam or series of "rafts" that covered the Red and Atchafalaya rivers in North America from perhaps the 12th century until its destruction in the 1830s. It was unique
The Second Great Raft in 1873, photographed by Robert B. Talfor
U.S. Aid, clearing logjam in the Red River, Louisiana. Plate XV of the photographic album Photographic Views of Red River Raft, 1873
Plate CVII: Steamer Bryarly entering Red River through Sale & Murphy's Canal, 1873
The Atchafalaya River is a 137-mile-long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south, just west of the Mississippi River, and is
Great Raft
…The Great Raft was an enormous log jam or series of "rafts" that covered the Red and Atchafalaya rivers in North America from perhaps the 12th century until its destruction in the 1830s. It was unique in North America in terms of its scale. The…
Atchafalaya River delta on the Gulf of Mexico; view upriver to the northwest.
Atchafalaya Basin Sherburne Complex Wildlife Management Area
Formation of the Atchafalaya River and construction of the Old River Control Structure
Two egrets on the limbs of a cypress in the Atchafalaya flood basin