A trapper dries muskrat pelts in the sun. The St. Charles marshland is a fertile area for trapping muskrats and other fur-bearing animals. (Source: St. Charles...

Cleaning and weighing the day's catch of fish in a market at Allemands. The commercial fishing industry is important to St. Charles' economy. (Source: St...

P. A. Torres is a typical river shrimp fisherman. Tags: #great depression #great outdoors slideshow

Shrimping on the Mississippi River in New Sarpy. (Photo courtesy of Suzanne Friloux) Tags: #great depression #great outdoors slideshow

Percy Alleman and Paul Richard show off their duck hunting results. (Photo courtesy of Merrill Richard Zeringue) Tags: #life on the bayou #great depression...

Shrimp packers busy with the day’s catch at Des Allemands. (Source: St. Charles Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1947) Tags: #life on the bayou...

An early 1900s photo of hunters in St. Charles Parish. Tags: #life on the bayou #great depression #great outdoors slideshow

Bayou Gauche serves as a base for commercial fishermen and trappers. (Source: St. Charles Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1948) Tags: #life on the...

Nora Zeringue and John Lehmann display a catfish catch from the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Chip Zeringue) Tags: #great depression #great outdoors...