The hurricane that struck Cheniere Caminada in 1893 was the deadliest hurricane ever in Louisiana. 2,000 people died. In the small community of 1,700, half of the population was killed.

Grand Isle, LA (WVUE) -In late 1893, Gulf Coast community of Cheniere Caminada must have seemed a paradise. Caminada, just east of Grand Isle, was something of a boom town, providing fisheries to ...

The 1893 storm best known for virtually obliterating Cheniere Caminada also devastated low-lying communities along the Terrebonne coast. One account of such destruction is preserved in a newspaper ...

According to lore, Cheniere Caminada's chapel bell began pealing on its own as an unexpected and devastating hurricane blew ashore on Oct. 1, 1893. The town's priest, Father Ferdinand Grimaud ...

Author John Doucet, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, based the play on stories passed down by his ancestors, survivors of the 1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane. Known locally as the "Great ...

Originally, the family lived on Chenière Caminada, a small fishing island, but in 1893, a hurricane ripped through it, killing an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 people. What was left of ...