Sabine Lake
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Sabine Lake is a bay on the Gulf coasts of Texas and Louisiana, located approximately 90 miles (140 km) east of Houston and 160 miles (260 km) west of Baton Rouge, adjoining the city of Port Arthur. The lake is formed by the confluence of the Neches and Sabine Rivers and connects to the Gulf of Mexico through Sabine Pass. It forms part of the Texas–Louisiana border, falling within Jefferson and Orange Counties in Texas and Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Satellite image of Sabine Lake, with a portion of Port Arthur visible in the upper left
Sabine Lake viewed from Pleasure Island in Port Arthur
Catch of blue crab, the most commercially important fishery species in Sabine Lake
Petrochemical industry along the Texas shore of Sabine Lake
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
Leland Bowman Lock near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Corps of Engineers marks the Intracoastal with channel markers like this one.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas