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The Cane River (French: Rivière aux Cannes) is a 30-mile-long (48 km) river [1] in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, originating from a portion of the Red River.In the 19th and 20th centuries, it gained prominence as the locus of a Creole de couleur (multiracial) culture, [2] centered around the Melrose Plantation and the adjacent St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church.
The Louisiana Scenic Byways are a network of roadways within the U.S. state of Louisiana that have been deemed of cultural, historical, or scenic value. The routes follow various segments of the state-maintained highway system, usually rural in character, and are mostly located in the central and southern areas of the state.
Cane River Lake (French: Lac de la rivière aux Cannes) is a 35 mi (56 km) oxbow lake formed from a portion of the Red River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It runs throughout the Natchitoches ' historic district to the south and is famous for the numerous plantations, particularly Melrose being located on or near its banks.
Three federal judges who threw out Louisiana's new congressional map asked the state's chief elections officer Monday for a hard deadline on the latest a map can be in place to conduct the Nov. 5 ...
Louisiana lawmakers on Friday approved a new congressional map that gives the state a second Black-majority US House district and likely puts at risk a Republican-controlled seat.
At issue now is Louisiana’s new map, which the Legislature passed in January to avoid a court taking over the drawing of the lines. It includes a second majority-Black district. It includes a ...
The Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan area, officially the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana, United States that covers two parishes—Lafourche and Terrebonne. The metropolis had a 2020 census-tabulated population of 207,137. [1]
Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting ...