The Cane River (French: ''Rivière aux Cannes'') is a river
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
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Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Natchitoches Parish ( or ) is a List of parishes in Louisiana, parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 37,515. The parish seat and most populous municipality is Nat ...
, originating from a portion of the
Red River. In the 19th and 20th centuries, it gained prominence as the locus of a ''Creole de couleur'' (multiracial) culture, centered around the
Melrose Plantation and the adjacent St. Augustine Parish (Isle Brevelle) Church. Melrose Plantation is a National Historic Landmark.
In 1836, the Red River shifted into an eastern channel, known as the "Rigolette de Bon Dieu."
Lyle Saxon wrote a short story titled "Cane River" published in 1926. The Cane River and Creoles also feature in Saxon's 1937 novel ''
Children of Strangers''.
See also
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Cane River Creole National Historical Park
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Isle Brevelle
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Red River of the South
The Red River is a major river in the Southern United States. It was named for its reddish water color from passing through red-bed country in its watershed. It also is known as the Red River of the South to distinguish it from the Red River ...
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Anne des Cadeaux
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Sabine River Spanish
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Bayou Brevelle
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Adai Caddo Indians of Louisiana
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Louisiana Creole people
Louisiana Creoles (, , ) are a Louisiana French people, Louisiana French ethnic group descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana (New France), Louisiana during the periods of French colonial empire, French and Spanish Empire, Spanis ...
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Rivers of Louisiana
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Rivers of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Tributaries of the Red River of the South