(The Waverly Plantation Oaks are located at 1851 Hwy. 1, approximately 3.9 miles from downtown Thibodaux, just north of the Leighton Plantation Oaks.) Waverly Plantation was the site of the 1903 crevasse, or break in the levee, north of Thibodaux. In a photograph from Clifton P. Theriot’s book, Lafourche Parish, Judge William E. Howell, the owner of Waverly…
(The Webre Oaks are located on the property at 1523 Highway 308; six miles south from downtown Thibodaux and 9 miles from Raceland. This is still within the community of St. Charles.) There are several old oaks surrounding the weathered Creole Cottage on this property, the largest of which is more than 24 feet in…
The Coulon Plantation oaks are located at the corner of Hwy 308 and Hwy 3266 across from the Tiger Drive Bridge. According to information from descendants of the Leche and Caldwell families, the Coulon House was built around 1940–1941 by John (Jean) Leche for his wife Albertine P. Leche. Leche bought Coulon plantation from E.G. Robichaux…
(The Leighton Plantation Oaks are located at 1801-1811 LA Hwy. 1 (St. Mary Street) about 2.5 miles north of downtown Thibodaux. The oaks are on the property between Leighton Road and Leighton Quarters Road. Turn onto Leighton Quarters Road to get the best view of the trees. The oaks range in age and size, the oldest…
(The Grenier Oak, also called the Donald Louis Peltier Oak, is located on the grounds of what was once called Forest Grove Plantation. It is located at 2123 LA Hwy. 1, approximately four and one-half miles north of downtown Thibodaux. There is a white wooden fence across the front of the property, with several large live…
There are several people, without whose help, this website and the entire Lafourche Live Oak Tour project would not have happened. I feel it’s important that they receive some recognition for their support. First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge the board members of the Louisiana’s Cajun Bayou Tourism. They shared my vision of a tour…
(The oldest oaks in the large grove at 4535 LA Highway 308 date back possibly to the late 1700s, when the land was yet undeveloped. By the way, the offices and visitor’s center of the Bayou Lafourche Area Convention and Visitors Bureau are right across Bayou Lafourche from the New Hope Plantation Oaks at 4484 LA. Hwy.…
(The Mount Carmel Oaks can be found in a lot on Academy Street, a short semicircular street located behind the Carmel Inn. The Carmel Inn is located at 400 East 1st Street [LA Hwy 1]. Turn onto St. Charles Street, drive one long block and turn at the first left.) In 1855, Mount Carmel Academy,…
(The Telesphore and Joachim Oaks are located on the property of the Robichaux family [Dickie Robichaux and Phyllis Toups Robichaux] at 2117 LA. Highway 308. The Joachim Oak is the moss-draped tree closest to the highway.) The Robichaux’s home is a French Creole Cottage with Greek Revival details. It is listed on the National Register of…
(The St. Charles Borromeo Church is located at 1985 LA Hwy. 308, approximately 7.1 miles south of downtown Thibodaux. In its vicinity, there are some of the largest and oldest surviving oaks along Bayou Lafourche.) History: The Saint Charles Community south of Thibodaux draws its name from the Catholic Church parish of St. Charles Borromeo whose boundaries are roughly…
