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template: byway.jade
id: "2072"
name: Wetlands Cultural Trail
distance: "0"
duration: "Take 1-2 hours to drive this byway."
description: "From antebellum plantations and magnificent church art to shrimp boats coming into port at sundown, there's a lot to see in this unique part of the world."
contact: "**Houma Area Convention & Visitors Bureau**  \r\n 504-868-2732  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@houmatourism.com )  \r\n\r\n"
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designations: 
  - Louisiana State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - LA
ll: 
  - -90.82382199968549
  - 29.79581100007755
bounds: 
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    - 29.157960999600448
  - - -89.96083100035037
    - 29.88388999962376

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<p>From vast, wild wetlands to the serenity of shrimp boats in the harbor at sundown, there are many things to see that are unique to the Wetlands Cultural Trail's corner of the world. Water surrounds much of the environment along the byway. Cypress trees and Cypress knees are a common sight on several of the area's swamp tours. Cabins built circa 1875 housed some of the people who worked for Laurel Valley sugar mill, a rural life sugar plantation, in an earlier era. From antebellum plantations and magnificent church art to shrimp boats coming into port at sundown, the byway provides the onlooker with an eye-full of
culture, history, and scenery.</p>