Morgan City (Louisiana)

Morgan City is a town of 11,000 people (2019) in Coastal Acadiana that revolves around shrimp and petroleum, so much so that it's major annual event is the Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival.

Understand
It used to be known as Tiger Island due to its watery boundaries and the occurrence of wild cat sightings there. It was in Morgan City that the Union was dealt a crushing blow during the Civil War when Confederate forces managed to ambush the star fort-shaped federal military depot in 1862 and accrue enormous Union supplies for themselves.

Get in
Morgan City is 68 miles (109 km) southeast of Lafayette, 64 miles (103 km) south of Baton Rouge, and 86 miles (138 km) west of New Orleans.

Morgan City is along Highway 90, the main east-west thoroughfare through Coastal Acadiana. You'll cross a lot of bayous getting here.

Do

 * Last but not least, don't forget to attend the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, usually held the first or second week of September along Front Street, next to the EJ "Lionel" Grazzafi Bridge.
 * Last but not least, don't forget to attend the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, usually held the first or second week of September along Front Street, next to the EJ "Lionel" Grazzafi Bridge.
 * Last but not least, don't forget to attend the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, usually held the first or second week of September along Front Street, next to the EJ "Lionel" Grazzafi Bridge.
 * Last but not least, don't forget to attend the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, usually held the first or second week of September along Front Street, next to the EJ "Lionel" Grazzafi Bridge.

Stay safe
Morgan City was damaged by hurricanes in 1992 and 2019.