Lake Peigneur is a shallow, now salt-water, lake near New Iberia, Louisiana, which was previously a fresh-water lake until an unusual man-made catastrophe on November 21,1980.
Lake Peigneur is a deep (1,300 feet), salt-water, lake near New Iberia, Louisiana. The lake was previously a shallow (three foot) fresh-water lake until an unusual man-made catastrophe on November 21,1980.