The Great Outdoors

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 Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1947)

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. Charles Parish Resources and Facilities publication, 1948)

P. A. Torres is a typical river shrimp fisherman.

Shrimping on the Mississippi River in New Sarpy. (Photo courtesy of Suzanne Friloux)

Percy Alleman and Paul Richard show off their duck hunting results. (Photo courtesy of Merrill Richard Zeringue)

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

An early 1900s photo of hunters in St. Charles Parish.

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

Nora Zeringue and John Lehmann display a catfish catch from the Mississippi River. (Photo courtesy of Chip Zeringue)