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Sep 10, 2020 5 Paddle Routes to Try in St. Martin South Louisiana is known for its many bodies of water, from the region’s swamps and bayous to its rivers and lakes, all teeming with natural beauty and wild bounty. Luckily, some of the Bayou State’s most accessible waterways can be found right here in St....
Sep 01, 2020 A Tale of Four Cities: St. Martin Parish, Personified With a tagline like “Where Cajun Began,” it comes as no surprise that St. Martin Parish is a place where the roots run deep. In fact, we take it as a point of pride that many of the families who call St. Martin “home” can...
Aug 28, 2020 St. Martinville: Cajun Country’s “Petit Paris” St. Martin Parish, personified: Danielle Fontenette Danielle Fontenette hasn’t lived in St. Martinville her entire life. She was born in New York and didn’t move “back,” as she puts it, until she was nineteen years old. But really,St. Martinville has been home to her...
Aug 28, 2020 Breaux Bridge: Crawfish, a Chevy, and Cajun to the Core St. Martin Parish, personified: Ray Pellerin If you want to get to grips with Breaux Bridge past and present, take a seat opposite lifelong resident Ray Pellerin. His people have been in Louisiana since 1718, when a direct-from-France ancestor named Louis Pellerin received a Spanish...
Aug 28, 2020 Arnaudville: German Heritage, Good Beer, and Hidden History St. Martin Parish, personified: Floyd Knott Aside from two years during the Korean War when he was stationed at the Pentagon, where his Cajun French came in handy in his work as a translator, Mr. Floyd Knott, 86, has lived in Arnaudville all his life....
Aug 28, 2020 Henderson: Gateway to the Atchafalaya Basin St. Martin Parish, personified: Sherbin Collette Sherbin Collette has been the mayor of Henderson for sixteen years. But ask him what he does for a living, and his answer tells you a lot about his hometown has changed. “I’m a fisherman,” he’ll say. “I’ve been...
Aug 07, 2020 Hop Aboard a Houseboat An Atchafalaya accommodation unlike any other The Atchafalaya Basin is undoubtedly Louisiana at its most wild; the most concentrated, unfiltered version of this Sportsman’s Paradise that surrounds us. This pristine wilderness is actually highly accessible—half of the basin’s one million acres are public land—yet due...
Aug 07, 2020 Swamp Tour Tales A one-on-one basin excursion with St. Martin guide Wendy Thibodeaux For swamp tour guide Wendy Thibodeaux, it’s sharing the natural beauty of her home state with visitors and converting them into believers that makes her job special. “I like to see them fall in love with Louisiana,...
Aug 07, 2020 Henderson Lake Bordering the country’s largest river swamp has its perks In the heart of the Atchafalaya Basin swamp, Henderson Lake is a destination apart from any other. A far cry from the daily grind of city or suburban life, head deep into the backwater’s natural beauty...
Jul 22, 2020 Belle Écorce Farms St. Martinville native Wanda Barras has been an artisan cheesemaker for twenty years. The secret to her award-winning, handmade varieties? Goats. In St. Martin Parish, it’s common knowledge that the best cheese in all Cajun Country can be found not within the aisles of a...

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