St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge [SEP] inception
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge was established in January 1990 to preserve, improve and create habitat for waterfowl. Intensive management programs on the refuge provide excellent winter habitat and resting areas for waterfowl in the Lower Mississippi River Valley.
Encompassing nearly , with a potential size of , the refuge is located in Adams County in southwest Mississippi. The headquarters lies south of Natchez, Mississippi. Natchez is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River and is world-renowned for its beautiful antebellum homes.
at Hutchins Landing was renamed Old Saint Catherine Creek.
Land in the area was granted to Anthony Hutchins in the 1780s. The Glen Aubin Plantation was established by Anthony Hutchins' son, John Odlin Hutchins, and his wife Aubin, in the 1830s. Hutchins Landing was established as the plantation's port.
Hutchins Landing may have still been a populated place in 1880.
Nothing remains of Hutchins Landing, and it is today covered in forest, and located within the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge.