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Airboat Tours By Arthur
4262 Hwy 90 East, Des Allemands, LA 70030
1-800- 758-5531
www.airboattours.com
Arthur or Kathy Matherne
Your invited to come to the bayou and experience the ride of your life in an air boat.You can take a "Ride on the Wild Side" or slow it down in a Kayak, canoe or pirogue.
| Torres' Cajun Swamp Tours
105 Torres Road - Kraemer, Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-633-7739
www.torresswamptours.net
Roland or Merle Torres
Located on LA 307 in Kraemer, Captain Torres, you Cajun guide is a professional alligator hunter, trapper, and commercial fisherman. This French speaking guide has lived in the areas swamps, lakes and bayous since boyhood.
Opened Daily 9 A.M.-5 P.M. Group rates available for 15 or more people. Cajun meal, music and dancers available upon request. Motor coach parking, restrooms facilites, handicap accessibility.
| Zam's Bayou Swamp Tours
136 Kraemer Bayou Road - Kraemer, Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-633-7881
Diane Loupe
Located in Kraemer on LA Hwy 307. See the Louisiana swamps that are only accesible by boat. Educational and unique picture taking opportunities. French speaking guides available. Opened daily 10:00 A.M.-4 P.M., Group rates, Cajun meal, music and dancers available upon request. Motor coach parking, restroom facilites, handicap accessibility.
| Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center
314 St. Mary Street, LA Hwy 1, Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-448-1375
Angela Rathle
Enjoy the story of the Acadians who settled along the bayous, in the swamps and wetlands of southeast Louisiana. National Park Rangers available for group tours with advanced notice. Special hands-on demonstrations available in various Cajun crafts. Restroom facilites, handicap accessible, motor coach parking. No admission fee. Arranged group tours.
FREE Cajun Jam Session each Monday evening from 5:30-7 P.M. FREE walking tour of Historic Downtown Thibodaux daily at 2P.M. Bayou Boat Tours on Saturday, Sunday & Monday by advance reservations.
| Laurel Valley Village Sugar Plantation & Museum
LA Hwy 308, Thibodaux
985-446-7456 or 985-447-5216
Paul Leslie
The largest surviving 19th and 20th century sugar plantation complex left in the United States. Nearly 60 original structures. The general store contains many tools and farm implements originally used in the cultivation of sugar cane as well as locally made arts and crafts. No admission fee. Open Wednesday-Friday, 10A.M.-3P.M.; Saturday and Sunday, 12 noon-3P.M. Pre-arranged group tours. Motor coach parking, handicap accessible.
| Edward Douglass White Historic Site Louisiana State Museum Thibodaux
2295 St. Mary Street (LA Hwy 1), Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-447-0915
www.lsm.crt.state.la.us
Katherine DeLee
Visit the E. D. White Historic Site, a Louisiana State Museum Property, circa 1825 Acadian Plantation House surrounded by centuries old live oaks on beautiful Bayou Lafourche. Boyhood home of Louisiana's only U. S. Surpreme Court Justice, Edward Douglass White. House and grounds tours; bird watching opportunites; picnic area; Visitor Center; restroom facilites.
Bus groups welcome. Educational activites or workshops monthly.Home of "Art Under the Oaks", every 3rd Saturday in April. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 A.M.-5 P.M.
| Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building
Nicholls State University, LA Hwy 1, Thibodaux, LA 70310
985-448-4626
Joseph "Tom" Butler, Jr.
Located in the Ellender Memorial Library. Pre-arranged individual and group tours welcome at no fee. Tours, boat building videos and lectures are scheduled by appointment. Boat building demonstrations are held periodically.
| St. John's Episcopal Church
718 Jackson Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-447-2910
Church Rectory
One of the few examples of Georgian church architecture left in America. One of the oldest Episcopal churches west of the Mississippi River. Guided tours of both church and cemetery with prior arrangements. Donation to church appreciated.
| St. Joseph's Co-Cathedral
721 Canal Blvd., Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-446-1387
Church Rectory
Renaissance Romanesque in design with several major features reflecting architectural design common to the churches in Paris and Rome. A splendid Rose Window to the rear is modeled after the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. Spectacular stained glass windows and gold-veined Egyptain marble on the altars. Guides tours by appointment only. Donation to church appreciated.
| First American Casualty of World War II Memorial
4484 LA Hwy 1, Raceland, LA 70394
1-877-537-5800 or 985-537-5800
www.visitlafourche.com
Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission
Freddie John Falgout, a native of Raceland, was killed on the USS Augusta in 1937 while the ship was on the China Sea. A stray shell from a Japanese warship meant for the Chinese hit the USS Augusta killing Falgout instantly. Following exhaustive investigations, Freddie John Falgout was officially honored as the first casualty of World War II. The Congressional Record of October 15, 1987, certifies Freddie with this great honor.
A spendid display of this historic event, along with many of Falgout's and his family's personal pictures, can be seen at the Lafourche Visitor Welcome Center located at 4484 LA Hwy.1 in Raceland. The memorial is on the Visitor Center grounds. Freddie's tomb can be visited at the St. Mary's Nativity Church Cemetary, five miles north of the welcome center on LA Hwy. 1.
| Bayou Lafourche Folklife & Heritage Museum
110 Main Street, Lockport, LA 70374
985-532-5909
Marjorie Barker
Open Tuesday and Thursday, 10 A.M.-4 P.M. and by appointment. Group rated available. Guide provided. Motor coach parking.
Housed in a National Register of Historic Places building featuring artifacts of early life along Bayou Lafourche as well as rotating exhibits.
| Golden Meadow Historical Center
1403 Norht Bayou Drive (LA Hwy. 1), Golden Meadow, LA 70357
985-475-5660
Golden Meadow Branch Library
Books, papers, photographs, documents and artifacts that reflect the social, cultural, educational and economic history of Golden Meadow and the surrounding area.
Located in the Golden Meadow Branch Library. Open Monday-Friday.
| Scenic Bayou Drive
4484 LA Hwy. 1, Raceland, LA 70394
1-877-537-5800 or 985-537-5800
www.visitlafourche.com
Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission
Experience a scenic bayou drive along beautiful Bayou Lafourche. Shrimp boats, tug boats and other sea vessels drift along the bayou waters through fishing communites. Roadside produce stands, seafood and Cajun restaurants, birdwatching opportunities, historic churches and cemeteries along LA Hwy. 1 guide you down to the Gulf of Mexico beach.
| Mardi Gras on the Bayou
P. O. Box 340, Raceland, LA 4484, LA Hwy. 1, 70394
1-877-537-5800 or 985-537-5800
www.visitlafourche.com
Lafourche Parish Tourist Commission
All along Bayou Lafourche, in the small towns, Mardi Gras parades are family oriented and just as elaborate as in larger cities but without the crowds. For two weeks prior to Mardi Gras Day, the Cajuns celebrate a wholesome, madcap experience enjoyed by all ages. Parades are held in several communities where groups of families and friends get together to eat, drink and enjoy the parades. Bar-b-q pits and crawfish boils line the parade routes where visitors are always welcome to join in the fun!
Contact the number above for parade dates, times and routes. Area lodging and camping also found on this web page.
| Bayou Country Club Golf Course
900 Country Club Blvd., Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-447-9987 or 985-446-8893
Public 9 hole golf course.
| Sugarland Country Club Golf Course
812 - 40 Arpent Road, Raceland, LA 70394
985-537-6436
18 hole semi-private golf course. Guest welcome.
| Tideland Golf & Country Club
944 East 94th Street, Galliano, LA
985-632-3915
Semi-Private 18 hole golf course.
| United Houma Nations
20986 LA Hwy. 1, Golden Meadow, LA 70357
985-475-6640
www.unitedhoumanation.org
Brenda Robichaux
Open Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM.
Displays on the United Houma Indian Tribe and Native American Craft exhibits.
No admission fee.
Call ahead for groups of 10 or more.
| Madewood Plantation House
4250 Hwy. 307, Napoleonville, LA 70390
985-369-7151
www.madewood.com
Greek Revival mansion featuring tours, elegant overnight accommodations, candlelight dinners and receptions.
Open daily. Closed some holidays.
| Bayou Play House
101 Main Street, Lockport, La 70374
1-888-99-BAYOU (22968)
www.bayouplayhouse.com
Karissa Kary
The Bayou Playhouse aims to bring relevant world class theatre to Southern Louisiana and to showcase the very culture of its people. All plays produced by Louisianaians.
The Bayou Playhouse is located in historic Downtown Lockport on Bayou Lafourche.
| Thibodaux Playhouse
314 St. Mary Street, LA Hwy 1, Thibodaux, LA 70301
985-446-1896
Matha Hodnett
Located in the Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center, this 200 seat theatre presents several different performances throughout the year including comedies and childern's plays.
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Visit: 4484 LA. Hwy. 1 - U.S. Hwy 90 @ LA. Hwy. 1
Write: P.O. Box 340
Raceland, LA 70394
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