Our vision of the Loreauville Acadian Odyssey Monument Park
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LAOMPF - Loreauville Acadian Odyssey Monument Park Foundation
THE LOREAUVILLE
THE LOREAUVILLE
ACADIAN ODYSSEY
ACADIAN ODYSSEY
MONUMENT PARK
MONUMENT PARK
Iberia Parish Day @ The Monument
Iberia Parish Day @ The Monument
October 13, 2025 - Join us at the monument in Loreauville as we celebrate IBERIA PARISH DAY.
For more information about all activities planned for The Great Acadian Awakening, please visit.... www.louisianeacadie.com/activities/
Building OUR Park...BRICK BY BRICK!
Building OUR Park...BRICK BY BRICK!
A unique CHRISTMAS gift! 🎄🧑🎄🎄
Be a part of the park....buy a memorial brick! Memorialize your family or yourself by buying a brick with your name on it or your family's name or in memory of a loved one. You can even buy a brick with your company or organization's name on it!
Each brick is only $150.00 and all proceeds go directly towards building the park!
Each brick offers 3 lines of text with 15 available characters on each line.
There are two payment options....pay online by clicking below OR pay by check. To pay by check also click below, follow the prompts, and you will be given the option to select "Check by Mail" when you reach the payment section. You can order as many bricks as you like and then mail your check to address provided. Please make check payable to LAOMPF.
Should you need any help or have any questions, please email: mclifton727@gmail.com
Thank you for your support and purchase.
The Dedication Ceremony
The Dedication Ceremony
Louisiana Native Plants @ THE PARK!
Louisiana Native Plants @ THE PARK!
Bronze Level Certification!
Bronze Level Certification!
The Loreauville Acadian Odyssey Monument Park has earned BRONZE Level Certification by choosing to geaux native and plant Louisiana Native Plants.
In addition to the Purple Cone Flower, Lemon Bee Balm, Obedient Plant, Needle Leaf Mint, Rattle Snake Master, Texas Cone Flower, Bergamot, Yarrow, Lance Leaf Coreopsis, Lance Leaf Mint, Rosinweed, Black Eye Susan, Gulf Coast Penstemon, Palmetto, Abbeville Iris, and Native Verbena we plan to add many more native plants!
Come by and enjoy the beauty of the plants, our floating dock, the Bayou Teche, and the stunning monument!
The Acadians first settled near present day Loreauville, Louisiana!
The Acadians first settled near present day Loreauville, Louisiana!
In February 1765, about 200 Acadians lead by Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard arrived unannounced in New Orleans. They had been former prisoners of the British at Halifax.
They spent seven weeks in New Orleans, where baptisms and marriages were performed and negotiations wereconducted with officials and citizens for settlement in the far western Attakapas District. The government provided the destitute newcomers with arms, ammunition, tools and supplies for a new start, along with the authorization to settle on lands in the Attakapas District.
In May 1765 this group arrived along the Bayou Teche in the western frontier. Soon after arrival, a deadly epidemic appeared in the new Acadian immigrant population. At least 39 deaths occurred; these victims were buried in or near their camps. Documentation and on-going research strongly suggests that all three camp locations were along the Fausse Pointe oxbow of Bayou Teche.....near Loreauville, LA.
While still camped together, each Acadian family and the single men began to select individual tracts of land and to help each other develop their properties. From about 1766 to about 1770, these Acadians, consisting of about 45 households, all were settled on their adjacent tracts near Loreauville, LA.
Starting about 1770-1771, some families began to relocate to different locations along Bayou Teche. About 1776-1777, at least one Acadian from the initial Fausse Pointe location and some from a subsequent location farther up the Teche began to move west to locations along Bayous Tortue, Vermilion and Carencro. Eventually, successive Acadian generations continued to move west into the costal prairies toward Texas. A few immigrant Acadians in the 1767-1769 wave from Maryland and a few in the large 1785 wave from France also settled along Bayou Teche and in other locations in the Attakapas District.
Today some Acadian descendants of the Beausoleil group are still living along Bayou Teche. Many more are living in that part of Louisiana officially designated Acadiana.
DONATE TODAY!
Help build the
Park and Visitor's Center
featuring
The Acadian Odyssey Monument.
Consider a donation in loving memory of Mrs. Harriet Broussard Boudreaux.
Mrs. Harriet is a descendant of Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard and a longtime supporter of securing the Acadian Odyssey Monument and the creation of a Park and Visitor's Center to celebrate the rich culture. Mrs. Harriet was an avid and prolific gardener that enriched our community. Mrs. Harriet's smile, kindness, gentleness, and grace will forever live in our hearts.
Thank you, Mrs. Harriet.
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church
FRIENDS of the Park
FRIENDS of the Park
Iberia Vision Center
Iberia Vision Center
CONTACT US
Phone: 940.642.3556
Email: laompf@yahoo.com
Mailing Address: PO Box 794, Loreauville LA 70552
Physical Location: 121 Bridge Street, Loreauville LA 70552
For more information...The Acadian Odyssey Commission was created and developed with the goal of permanently highlighting the Odyssey of the Acadian people in Canada, North-America and the world. Thus, it encourages and supports the construction of commemorative monuments.
click on the link below:
snacadie.org/the-acadian-odyssey-commission
Merci!
Venez visiter, nous serions ravis de vous rencontrer.
Venez visiter, nous serions ravis de vous rencontrer.
Jusque-là au revoir et merci!
Jusque-là au revoir et merci!
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