bayou

The day after Ida struck, Story motored through the bayou in his boat, photographing his camp and others to reassure neighbors their cabins had survived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025

Lana Del Rey reportedly wed swamp tour guide Jeremy Dufrene on Thursday at his place of employment: a public bayou in Des Allemands, La.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of pearlshell gravel roads.

From Salon ● May 10, 2024

The sun’s almost made its way out of the sky by the time I reach the bayou.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

But since Ida, owners buy generators and haul 55-gallon drums of diesel across lakes and bayous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

“But our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

A longtime hunter, he had been raised in Orange County but born to roam — into the bayous of Louisiana and the mountains of Colorado and many points between.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley