Who says nothing ever gets done in Springfield? We might not have a full budget yet, but thanks to the hard work of legislators, the great state of Illinois can for the first time boast that it has an ...

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 ...

There is a long history of pirogues in Bayou Liberty. The long and narrow Cajun canoe-like boats were made by hollowing out cypress trees, but today they have flatter bottoms. Their design makes it ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...