The Bayou Terrebonne Boucherie Festival, a free event featuring live music, food and a Cajun-themed competition, takes place Saturday, March 22. A highlight of the festival is the Cajun Cup, where ...

Water, speed and the Louisiana bayou may be in the blood of the LeBlanc family in Lafitte. Malcolm LeBlanc held the title in the World Champion Jean Lafitte Pirogue Race for 10 straight years in the ...

When Will Walsten was a teenager in the early 1970s, attendance at the Bayou Liberty Pirogue Races meant hopping into a boat and paddling with all his might against the coffee-colored current. It also ...

The Spring resident is an amateur boat builder. One of his specialty boats is a pirogue, and he guarantees he can teach anybody to build their own pirogue in about 10 hours using conventional lumber ...

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. “Everyone had a pirogue ...