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 ...

With the 65th annual Bayou Liberty Pirogue Races set to launch Sunday (June 4) at St. Genevieve's Landing near Slidell, we thought it would be fun to take a look back through the years at this popular ...

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.

For months grim-faced Cajun shrimpers practiced on the bayous, in their tricky, pencil-shaped boats. The Cajuns of Louisiana’s lower marshlands take their yearly pirogue race as seriously as Kentucky ...