CAJUN COUNTRY
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Bayou Lafourche and Grand Isle
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Grand Isle(including Cheniere and .Grand Terre Island) and the Bayou Lafourche area are located southwest of New Orleans.The area was first inhabited by the Houma Indians, whose descendants still live there today. The Acadians, French people from Acadia(known today as Nova Scotia), also settled here in the mid 1700's. Their descendants, the Cajuns, still live here today, also. Grand Isle had also been the home of some of the crew of Jean Lafitte, the pirate. Grand Isle had once had a plantation on the western end prior to the Civil War. It was also a resort area for wealthy families in the late 1890's. Grand Isle has been affected by many hurricanes. The beaches have eroded and a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico means almost sure evacuation days before it hits land. The southern part of the Bayou Lafourche area includes the towns of Leeville, Golden Meadow, Galliano, Cut Off, and Larose. These towns, also, have been affected by hurricanes. This part of Louisiana is rich in history, and the people are friendly and interesting.
Here are some place names you will find on the Bayou and Grand Isle:
Grand Bois -the small town and area on the road to Houma
The Houma Shortcut-the road from Highway 1 to Houma- lots of fatal car accidents on this road- When I was young I remember there was a story about a man who had been hung from one of the trees. It is a dark and creepy road at night in a swampy area.
The Fourchon- a relatively new community between Leeville and Grand Isle. Before it was built up a man had killed 3 people in Berwick Louisiana in 1965 and dumped their bodies by the"big curve" here. I just love those creepy stories.
The Pointe a Saussis(Sausage Point)- a part of Golden Meadow on the "other " side of the Bayou (Highway 308) from the Golden Meadow Junior High School. The Canal Yankee is also part of it.
Cheniere-considered part of Grand Isle but not actually on the island
The Platain- the back end of Santiny Lane on Grand Isle
Other "landmarks" on Grand Isle as I was growing up--The Chene Croche(crooked oak tree), the Yellow Fever House, the Four Towers
Bayou Rigaud- The east end of Grand Isle.
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