If you thought pirogue pointers were the only lessons to be learned at the 66 th annual Bayou Liberty Pirogue Races held Sunday (June 3) near Slidell, you'd be wrong. Life lessons were as plentiful as ...
JEAN LAFITTE, La. – Pirogue racing will return to the town of Jean Lafitte this weekend, the first time in nearly twenty years. Event organizer Tim Kerner Jr. said that residents are excited to have ...
Before the 62nd Bayou Liberty Pirogue Races could even begin, it looked like the annual event might be a wash. Heavy rains delayed the start of the races on June 1, but the skies eventually cleared ...
Similar to a canoe, the pirogue was first used by Native Americans in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana, before it was refined by French explorers, hunters and settlers. The pirogue was dug out of a ...
Before the 62nd Bayou Liberty Pirogue Races could even begin, it looked like the annual event might be a wash. Heavy rains delayed the start of the races on June 1, but the skies eventually cleared ...
WEBSTER PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Attention outdoor enthusiasts, did you know you can kayak, canoe or pirogue through Lake Bistineau State Park for free? Lake Bistineau is roughly 39-minutes drive ...
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) " Once a staple of Cajun living, the pirogue has evolved into a novelty item, largely replaced by plastic kayaks that can be purchased at outdoors stores and big-box retailers.
As indigenous to the bayou country as Mardi Gras are pirogues (canoes dug out of cypress logs). Louisiana’s first mode of transportation, pirogues are still used by Cajun and Baratarian trappers to ...
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