Bayou Chene Blanc, Livingston Parish with connections to Orleans Parish,
Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue
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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and
Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976. Reprinted by permission. Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.
BAYOU CHENE BLANC has a French name which means "white oak," and no
doubt
there were many white oaks nearby when this bayou was named. In later
years
many of the trees were cut for staves and barrel making. Lumber shipped
to
New Orleans by the schooners and steamboats went overseas to the
wine-making
countries of Europe to make storage barrels.
Chene Blanc begins near Old River in Section 9, T9S-R5E and flows
through
Sections 16, 22, 14, 23, and 24 of the same township and range. The
bayou
then takes a more southerly turn down through Section 19 and 30 of
T9S-R6E
into Blind River. Pull boat runs are still visible today where the
giant
cypress trees were pulled from the swamp into the bayou to be rafted
together
and floated to the nearest sawmill.
Chene Blanc Bayou connects directly with Chinquapin Canal. -- Mrs.
Lucille Cooper
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