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merlin b a s c l e oral history tape（梅林b s c l e口述历史的磁带）

Merlin BASCLE Oral History Tape Tape # 30. Recorded January 20, 1983 [1822 was the start of Terrebonne Parish.] The parish of Terrebonne was carved out of the Lafourche territory in 1822, so we go back as a parish until 1822 I wasn’t here then, but I will talk about the history as I know of it. At the time we were celebrating our 150th anniversary, I think it was, of the parish, I did a little research, to my best knowledge, some where around 1827 – 1828, sugar was being produced for the first time in Terrebonne Parish. We understand that the Southdown area was the area that was showing considerable production. Now there was a Mr. BELANGER down at the Bourg area, which is now Bourg, was also producing sugar cane and what had happened there, there was a canal, a hand dug canal, that went from Bayou Terrebonne over to Lake Long, then out through Lake Fields, which connected Bayou Terrebonne a point about 10 miles below the city of Houma and they were, it was a means of getting to Bayou Lafourche. Of course, they were able to cross two lakes, Lake Long and Lake Fields, I am sure they were using small flat bottom boats, in those areas. This is about the time in the 1830’s, the early 30’s and the canal was named after Mr. BELANGER. It was called Canal Belanger, and the now town of Bourg was then referred to then as Canal Belanger. Some of the old timers, who know the history of it, refer to it sometimes as Canal Belanger. Now then Bourg and this, they make reference to Bourg and Bourg Ville as well as Canal Belanger and so on. Getting back to sugar, there were producing sugar and that was the idea of a canal, was to bring the sugar into the Bayou Lafourche area. Going back to that time, now sugar has been produced in Terrebonne Parish ever since in varying degrees. There were different reasons for those degrees. Conditions of the time entered into it. Well diseases came and as well as weather conditions caused the up and the down in the production of suga