During the era of the Great Red River Raft that blocked much of the Red River and diverted water into alternate waterways such as Bayou Pierre, Bayou Pierre was a navigable waterway that served as an alternate water route connecting the downriver plantations with Shreveport.

History books tell of steamships docking at the current site of Betty Virginia Park in Shreveport, LA in order to bypass the raft and serve the plantations downriver.

[6] The ecosystem is known to contain white-tailed deer, raccoons, sandpipers, dove, rabbits, and many types of waterfowl.

Additionally, the area floods occasionally due to poor soil absorption.

[6] Fort Selden was situated at the junction of Bayou Pierre and Red River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.