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Marius
May 26, 2025
Hiking
François Coulee threads through Lafayette’s Acadiana Park Nature Station, carving an ancient path originally etched by the Mississippi River. The little waterway, whose name echoes the French word for “flow,” drifts east beneath loess-capped bluffs, then slips into the Vermilion River. Walk its bridges and you cross two worlds: prairie terrace above, swampy floodplain below. Black, clay-rich soils—deposited when Ice Age torrents scoured deep trenches—still nourish oaks, sycamores, and the wildlife hiding in their shade.
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Embark on an easy hike along the Acadiana Nature Station Boardwalk, a short 0.4 miles (0.6 km) route that takes about 9 minutes to complete. You'll experience a minimal elevation…
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