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Bayou Teche was the Mississippi River's main course when it developed a delta about 2,800 to 4,500 years ago. Through a natural process known as deltaic switching , the river's deposits of silt and sediment cause the Mississippi to change its course every thousand years or so.
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge is located in the coastal towns of Franklin, Garden City and Centerville on Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 9,028-acre (36.54 km 2) refuge is forested with bottomland hardwoods and cypress-gum forests. The refuge was established in St. Mary Parish in 2001.
Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site (French: Site historique d'État Longfellow-Evangeline), located in St. Martinville, Louisiana, showcases the cultural significance of the Bayou Teche region. It is the oldest state park site in Louisiana, founded in 1934 as the Longfellow-Evangeline State Commemorative Area.
The National Heritage Area is divided into four regions: Upper, Between 2 Rivers, Bayou Teche Corridor and the Coastal Zone. The designation provides a framework for the promotion and interpretation of the area's cultural and historic character, and the preservation of the natural and built environment. [ 1 ]
Bayou Plaquemine (Grand River tributary) Bayou Queue de Tortue; Bayou Teche; Bayou Wikoff; Big Goddel Bayou; Black Bayou; Black Lake Bayou; Black River; Blind River; Boeuf River; Bogue Chitto River; Bogue Falaya; Calcasieu River; Cane River; Castor Creek; Chopin Chute; Coles Creek; Comite River; Dorcheat Bayou; Dugdemona River; Flat River ...
On the original site of an Attakapas Indian village, Arnaudville is one of the oldest remaining towns in St. Landry Parish. First settled by the French in the late 18th century and called La Murière, it was later known as La Jonction which translates from French as "The Junction," a tribute to the fact that the town is centered by the intersection of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier.
The Bayou Teche Byway is a Louisiana Scenic Byway that follows several different state highways, primarily: [1] LA 31 and LA 182 along the west bank of Bayou Teche from Morgan City to Arnaudville; LA 86 and LA 87 along the east bank of the bayou from Charenton to New Iberia;
After crossing into St. Mary Parish, LA 87 continues eastward alongside Bayou Teche, with bridges opposite Sorrel (local), Adeline (), and Charenton ().At Charenton, LA 87 follows the first of several sharp bends in Bayou Teche as it passes the Chitimacha Indian Reservation and crosses a navigation channel that connects the bayou to several waterways within the Atchafalaya Basin.