Cane River National Heritage Area - Plan Your Visit (U.S. National Park Service)

Photo by John Lees

Cane River National Heritage Area is largely a rural agricultural region with its historic plantations, distinctive Creole architecture, and multicultural legacy.

Photo by John Lees

The core of the national heritage area is south of Natchitoches, Louisiana (the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase Territory) between Interstate 49 and the Red River, and extends along both sides of Cane River Lake for approximately 35 miles.

Photo by John Lees

Visitors to Cane River National Heritage Area can enjoy sites along the national heritage area trail both in town and downriver.

In town sites include:
* Natchitoches National Historic
Landmark District
* Cane River Green Market - seasonal
* Fort St. Jean Baptiste
* American Cemetery

Downriver:
* Cane River Creole National
Historical Park
Oakland Plantation Unit
Magnolia Plantation Outbuildings
* Area plantations - public and
private:
Melrose
Magnolia Manor House
Badin-Roque House
**Kate Chopin House tragically
burned Oct. 2008 site closed

Other sites:
* Three (3) Louisiana State
Historic sites: Los Adaes, Fort
St. Jean Baptiste and Fort Jesup
* Grand Ecore Visitors Center
* Rebel State Historic Site
* Adai Indian Nation Cultural
Center/Museum
* St. Augustine Catholic Church and
Cemetery
* St. Matthews High School

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