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Cajun News Network (CNN) Our membership campaign has begun! That's right if you, your group or organization would like to participate in the planning of the future cultural center, the current coalition members would like to hear from you. Brick and mortar grants are needed to begin the construction, but the culture and people who make it are the biggest part. Any donations are welcome, and can be arranged by contacting us at the bottom of our webpage or mailing to our physical address. If you mail in a contribution, we will not only holler with glee, but we will send you a "I support the Cajun Cultural Center" button of your very own!! |
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Folklorist/Project Director:
Lynn Hadley
LAFrancais:
Alces Adams
Members:
Gail Adams
LAFrancais:
Melanie Boulet
LCC:
Henri Boulet
TLBB:
Tom Butler
CODOFIL:
David Cheramie
CFMA:
Roland Cheramie
HCC:
Windell Curole
CHF:
Hamilton Dantin
BCC:
Kirk Defelice
Bob Faulk
LAFrancais:
Bobby & Cida Gisclair
Lorraina Guidroz
BCC:
John Allen Guidry
Andre Guidry
CCM, Inc.:
Leroy Martin
CHF:
Robby Matherne
Members:
Sherry Robichaux
Rochelle St. Marie
Celeste UzeeLinks Section
Where the heck is Bayou Lafourche?
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Lafourche Parish is one of 64 parishes in Louisiana. It is located approximately 45 miles southwest of New Orleans.( To drive there from NO, take US Highway 90 West to LA Highway 1, south; to get there by boat you would head down the Mississippi River to the Intracoastal Waterway and turn west, go around Lake Salvador, and keep going until you intersect Bayou Lafourche; this intersection is downtown Larose)Both state Highways 1 and 308 run along Bayou Lafourche, starting north at the Assumption Parish line and running through the towns of Thibodaux, Mathews, Lockport, Larose, Cut Off, Galliano, and Golden Meadow; LA 308 ends just south of Golden Meadow, but LA 1 continues through Leeville, past Port Fourchon, all the way down to Grand Isle and the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana Highway 1 is known to many as the "Longest Main Street in the World".
Lafourche Parish is approximatley 100 miles long, and not wider than 15 miles at any one place. The name Lafourche is french for "the fork", which describes the bayou split. Bayou Lafourche comes off the Mississippi River, and forks at Thibodaux where the smaller Bayou Terrebonne flows southwest and the larger, Bayou Lafourche, continues southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. Bayou Lafourche is the largest of the over 300 bayous in Louisiana.
