The history of Bayou Lafourche can best be told by recounting the history of the French, Spanish, English and German speaking families who settled its banks in the early 1700's. In less than 200 years, their descendants, joined by Acadians expelled from Nova Scotia, merged those cultures, customs and heritages into a society known the world over as "Cajun Country."

Perhaps it was their colorful language, maybe their strong religious beliefs, their strong work ethics, or their love of a good time, and and maybe it was the sheer force of numbers (families of fifteen or twenty were not uncommon)--whatever the reason-- in time, the Acadian culture, language, religion, absorbed the others. Within a century of their arrival, Acadian was the predominant culture on the bayou.
-Excerpts from "The Longest Street" by Tanya Brady Ditto

Lafourche can be accessed from New Orleans via U.S.90 west. One exit will take you to LA. Hwy. 308 and another exit takes you to LA. Hwy. 1.
LA. Hwy. 1 - North leads to Thibodaux, South leads to many bayou communities and the Gulf of Mexico.

For more information about Lafourche Parish, visit these websites:

Lafourche Parish School Board

Bayou Board of Realtors

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

St. Anne General Hospital

Lady of the Sea General Hospital

The Chamber of Lafourche and the Bayou Region