At the turn of the century, late eighteenth to early twentieth, transportation to market of the crops, especially sugar cane, of the big plantation owners was a challenge.

When water levels were high boats could travel on the bayous, lakes, canals, and rivers.

[3] One way of transporting goods was by the approximately ten miles Attakapas Canal connecting Bayou Lafourche at Napoleonville to Lake Verret.

[5] A program started in 2009 between the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), and the U.S. Coast Guard, as part of a national campaign,[6] resulted in DUI boating charges (also called BWI[7]) in 2017 on five Louisiana waterways including Grassy Lake.

[8] The LDWF conducted a survey for the presence of aquatic vegetation on October 11, 2005, and again on September 21, 2006.