Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge

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Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map of the United States
Location	Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Nearest city	Marksville, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°12′12″N 91°50′45″W / 31.2034°N 91.8457°W / 31.2034; -91.8457
Area	17,500 acres (71 km2)
Established	1988
Visitors	25,000 (in 2004)
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1988 to protect the Mississippi/Red River floodplain ecosystem. The refuge is located in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, east central Louisiana. The refuge is named for its most prominent water body, the 350-acre (1.4 km²) Lake Ophelia that was at one time a channel of the nearby Red River of the South.