Lockport in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Lockport

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 22, 2005

1. Lockport Marker

Inscription. Ruins of locks not washed away by a crevasse in 1917 are near here for which Lockport is named. An earlier settlement was named Longueville by 1835 when William Fields donated land for a canal later known as the Company Canal which connected Bayou Terrebonne with New Orleans across the lakes and Bayou Lafourche. After the locks were built in 1850, the name of the settlement changed and the town was incorporated in 1899 as Lockport.

Erected by Lafourche Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1917.

Location. 29° 38.854′ N, 90° 32.357′ W. Marker is in Lockport, Louisiana, in Lafourche Parish. It is at the intersection of Canal Street and Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Canal Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lockport LA 70374, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes,

in Acadiana — Cajun Country,

and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

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and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

Acadia,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Holy Savior Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Clotilda Plantation (approx. 1.7 miles away); Bouverans Plantation House (approx. 2.2 miles away); First American Casualty Of WW II (approx. 4.6 miles away); Gheens Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Vacherie-Gheens (approx. 4.9 miles away); Town of Bowie (approx. 7.3 miles away); St. Mary's Nativity Church (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lockport.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, April 22, 2005

2. Lockport Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2015. This page has been viewed 1,153 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2015, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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