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Simmesport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,161 at the 2010 census. It is the northernmost town on the Atchafalaya River, located near the Old River which connects the Red and Atchafalaya rivers with the Mississippi River.
Canadaville (formally Magnaville) was a small community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana just south of the town of Simmesport on Louisiana Highway 105. It was a project by Austro-Canadian industrialist Frank Stronach to build an experimental model community for people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
The Town of Simmesport received the top honor from the Louisiana Municipal Association for its Crisis and Recovery Plan. Simmesport was selected by the LMA for first place in the Economic Development category among municipalities under 3,000 population for its innovative financial plan to clear over half a million dollars of debt.
Simmesport is a small town of some 2,200 people. It lies in the middle of the state at the southeastern corner of Avoyelles Parish. The area was settled by Bennet B Simmes sometime before 1834. It wasn’t until 1840 that the post office began to call the area Simmes’ Port.
Simmesport is located in the southeastern portion of Avoyelles Parish on the west bank of the Atchafalaya River. In the 18th century the area was peopled by a native American tribe known as the Avoyelles. By the beginning of the 19th century the Avoyelles Indians had become extinct, presumably absorbed by the Tunicas.
History & Heritage in Simmesport Louisiana. One facet of Louisiana that makes it such an appealing visitor destination is its deep and colorful history. European explorers found their way to the region and inhabited the area very early relative to settlement of much of the rest of the continent.
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