Landscape
The bayou is choked by trees--bridge overpasses are the only places where the bayou is easily accessed and usually where people fish. There is a crude boat launch at Nix Crossing, which is 2-3 miles north of Castor and 3-4 miles south of Jamestown. Nix Crossing is one of the widest and deepest parts of Black Lake Bayou.
The Kansas City Southern Railroad had a bridge that crossed Black Lake Bayou at Nix Crossing until the rails to trails program deconstructed it--the pilings still stand in the water.
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