Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism, Office of State Parks

Date Issued: 1987

Duration: 00:15:57

Subjects: Louisiana. Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism | Louisiana. Office of State Parks | Nature | Louisiana state historic sites | Louisiana state parks

Contributors:

• Stierman, Vern Narrator
• Smith, Rick Producer
• Eilers, Dennis Interviewee
• LaBatt, Dennis Interviewee
• Buquoi, Robert Interviewee

This program from 1987 highlights the state parks, commemorative areas, and preservation areas managed by the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism’s Office of State Parks. It includes highlights of: Lake Claiborne State Park in Claiborne Parish; Lake Fausse State Park in the Atchafalaya Basin; Cypremort Point State Park near Vermilion Bay; Lake Bistineau State Park in Webster Parish; Chicot State Park near Ville Platte; Sam Houston Jones State Park near Lake Charles; North Toledo Bend State Park in Sabine Parish; Fontainebleau State Park in St. Tammany Parish; Grand Isle State Park in Jefferson Parish; Poverty Point Commemorative Area in West Carroll Parish; Fort St. Jean Baptiste Commemorative Area in Natchitoches Parish; Longfellow-Evangeline Commemorative Area in St. Martinville; Fort Pike Commemorative Area in New Orleans; Port Hudson Commemorative Area in East Feliciana Parish; Rebel State Commemorative Area in Natchitoches Parish; Oakley Plantation in St. Francisville; the Louisiana State Arboretum near Ville Platte; and the Cypress Island Preserve near St. Martinville. It includes interviews with: Dennis Eilers, landscape architect; Dennis LaBatt, park manager; and Robert Buquoi, landscape architect.