The New Student's Reference Work/Sabine River, Tex.

Sabine (sȧ-bēn′) River, Tex., rises in Hunt County, in the northeast, and for part of its course forms the boundary between Louisiana and Texas. It enters Sabine Lake and thence, through Sabine Pass, the Gulf of Mexico. Its length is 500 miles; but it is only slightly navigable. Works have been carried out which have made the pass at the mouth of the river a fairly safe passage for small vessels. (See Port Arthur Ship-Canal). The possession of this river was one of the historic boundary-questions between Spain and the United States.