Custom Search     Big Lake     My 4 siblings and I would wander all over that area. We learned a lot about trees, snakes, red mud, fishing etc. This is particularly strange since we were city kids from Chicago. We shoveled gravel, dug holes for posts, and used an outhouse. In the winter we pumped water and brought in wood and coal. As Mr. Dawson states the cypress trees were beautiful and if you were there when the lake was frozen the sounds were magnificent. It was so noisy at night with     the hoot owls and insects and to this day cicadas will put me to sleep on a hot summer day. The only bad thing I can think of was the humidity! Says Debbi Knox Hummel Had many many good times there as a kid from late 60s till early 90s I remember the old hotel and the rental cabin. My parent's owned a cabin there.I knew that lake like the back of my hand Says Mark Knox Big lake is a beautiful lake surrounded by lage cypress trees.In the 1940's and 50's it was called Big Lake resot, several cabins and a lage hotel, kept full duing the season. Boat rentals and a bait shop and grocery/cafe were also here. Now there ae just a fe cabins left and the hotel is gone, but the memories are still there. Says Jon L. Dawson            Map Detailed Map Weather Local weather forecast