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Lac des Allemands is a 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) lake located about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, in Lafourche, St. Charles, and St. John the Baptist Parishes. [1] The lake name is French for "Lake of the Germans", referring to the early settlers who inhabited that part of Louisiana. [2] St.
An annual Catfish Festival is held in Des Allemands, it involves live music, carnival attractions, and catfish related recipes. [5] The festival was started by local reverend William McCallion as a fundraiser for his church. [6] The festival celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2020, however, in this year, the festival had to be rescheduled due ...
Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival - Breaux Bridge; Catfish Festival - Des Allemands; The Cochon de Lait - Mansura; Oyster Festival - Amite; International Rice Festival - Crowley; Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival - Cameron; Louisiana Peach Festival - Ruston [2] Strawberry Festival - Pontchatoula; Washington Parish Watermelon Festival - Franklinton
The City of Wisner is hosting their second annual South Franklin Catfish Festival on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in downtown Wisner.
Ownership was transferred in December 1987 to Allied Bank, the primary mortgage holder, as a deed in lieu of foreclosure. [12] The bank's property managers reoriented Catfish Town toward being an office park, based on a marketing study that found that Baton Rouge did not have the population or tourism base to support a festival marketplace. [13]
The catfish species in the video are blue catfish. They can grow up to five feet long and weigh over 100 pounds. The largest catfish on record is a blue catfish, measuring 57 inches and weighing ...
A 2007 report from the Louisiana Legislative Auditor found that more than 50% of the town's revenue came from traffic-related fines in the 2005 fiscal year. It was one of 15 such towns. [17] In 2009, then-mayor Joseph Pitre told The Advocate newspaper that he believed the town had collected between $700,000-$800,000 from speeding tickets yearly ...
The Crawdad Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday. The two-day event will be at Cal Expo, 1600 Exposition Blvd. in Sacramento. What’s in store at ...