About The AreaStretching from Milford Wampold Memorial
Park, affectionately known as "Baton Rouge
Beach," to the City-Brooks Community Park golf
course, the LSU lakes-University Lake and City
Park Lake-lie on LSU''''s eastern edge and
provide a scenic backdrop for the residence
halls and fraternity and sorority houses. The
lakes are an outdoor hotspot, and at any time of
day you can find people jogging around, fishing
in, or kayaking on them.Originally a cypress swamp, the
Works Progress Administration
cleared the area out in the 1930s,
creating the lakes. The lakes were
dredged again between 1979-81,
and the material dredged up was
used to create Baton Rouge Beach
and the LSU bird sanctuary.Sixty-five percent of all bird species in Louisiana
have been spotted at the lakes, making the lakes as
popular among avians as they are among humans.
Also, due to Baton Rouge's location at the southern
end of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley bird
migration route, many species of birds spend their
winters "vacationing" at the lakes, most notably
American White Pelicans.
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