Bayou Queue de Tortue

Bayou Queue de Tortue (pronounced "KYOOD tor-TYOO", in Cajun French [t͡ʃœd.tɔɾ.t͡ʃy], translated to "turtle-tail bayou") is a waterway in the Mermentau River basin of southern Louisiana in the United States.

[4] This name is used to describe the early village near Rayne called Queue de Tortue.

[5] The Queue de Tortue village was on property purchased from the Indians in 1801 by John Lyon, one of Acadia Parish's colonial settlers.

This levee closed off normal flowage of Maree Michel Canal into Bayou Queue de Tortue, but also prevented floodwaters from inundating Gueydan during reverse flow or other flooding situations.

Today, the bayou is silting, causing additional flooding in low-lying areas of Acadia Parish that kills the existing vegetation, which in turn increases erosion and sedimentation that fills the bayou.