In the 1812 Louisiana hurricane, a storm surge from the Gulf pushed all the way into the River, and there was widespread death and destruction.

Pointe à la Hache once had several beautiful old homes and historic businesses, most of which have been lost to hurricane and flooding damage.

In 1943, the area was involved in a political skirmish between the infamous Leander Perez and Governor Sam Houston Jones, resulting in the 'Invasion of Point à la Hache'.

On Mardi Gras Day 2011, the Mississippi River broke through its east bank about five miles below Pointe à la Hache.

This breach has resulted in sediment-rich flow of the river into the wetlands, what coastal advocates have called a "cost-free" sediment diversion.

Such sediment restoration in the wetlands is "a key strategy of the state's $50-billion Master Plan to reverse coastal land losses.

Sundown Energy wanted to close the crevasse because it hampered the company's access to oil and gas wells, but alternatives are being negotiated.

[8] After the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, dead fish were found floating in the waterways even north of Pointe à la Hache.

West Pointe à la Hache flooded again during Tropical Storm Isaac on August 28–29, 2012.