Crescent Lake is a man made lake in Pensacola, Florida that was built for the Crescent Lake Subdivision that started selling homes in 1960. It is a natural spring fed lake that was created by a dam being built. The dam broke once in 1969 and was rebuilt. It broke again in 2014. In 2017 it was rebuilt.

Marcus Bayou

The Marcus Bayou is a

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

and

bayou In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...

that connects Crescent Lake to the outer lakes of the Crescent Lake. Including The Marcus Cottage Lakes and Turners Creek. The bayou also connects to the

Perdido River Perdido River, historically Rio Perdido (1763), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 15, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Alabama and Florida; the Perdido, a desig ...

on a very thin strip of water.

Bellshead Branch

The Bellshead Branch was built into the connection of the Crescent lake for the Marcus Cottage Lakes and Apartments. And proudly made a stream named the Marcus Bayou.

Turners Creek

Turners Lake is a private owned lake by Turner Apartments that connects to the Marcus Bayou.

External links

Crescent Lake Apartments for Rent (Apartment Finder.com)Marcus Pointe Golf Club (Golf South Online)
Pensacola, Florida Reservoirs in Florida Lakes of Escambia County, Florida 1960s establishments in Florida {{EscambiaCountyFL-geo-stub