Oak Alley Plantation

[Carmarthan415]

my gawd.... the docent is a really bad orator...

[IFlick]

Note the date of the video. Since then, I believe many of these glorious trees were lost in a storm. I'm not sure I have my facts strait on this or not but I understand it was nearly destroyed by this event.

[lulubelleish]

thanks, this beautiful

paula

[edisonphonographfan]

Wonderful home! its one of many homes with the wrap around columns,sadly its one of the few surviving

Uncle Sam

3 Oaks

7 Oaks

Forks of Cypress

and many more have been lost.

[SweetnessIsOnlyHalf]

i loved it there =D it was so beautiful

[thegreeensky]

wow, great plantation.. awesome trees.... :)

[LaurMarDachsies]

Does anyone know if this is the same plantation home used for the Nora Roberts film Midnight Bayou?

[KmLadylike]

@LaurMarDachsies yes, it was

[edisonphonographfan]

Its a shame that this is one of the last plantations in this style left

Seven Oaks

Three Oaks

Uncle Sam House

and many more were in the same style sadly they are all gone

Great film! thanks

[edisonphonographfan]

Its a shame that this is one of the last plantations in this style left

Seven Oaks

Three Oaks

Uncle Sam House

and many more were in the same style sadly they are all gone

Great film! thanks

[SanDiegoInnOut]

When did they allow recording inside the house? We went on Mardi Gras; they said it was forbidden to film inside.

[lefebvrer3289]

forrest gump!

[lovecruising77]

I'm going in august!

[lolinacarlina]

What a beautiful plantation

Majestic trees

[nos212100]

The trees were planted over 300 years ago by a Canadian-voyager by the name of Michel Arceneaux I. He was born on December 24, 1666 in Quebec, Canada. His mother died giving child birth, and his father, Francois, died of the flu in 1669. In 1696, King Louis XIV granted him 250 acres of land west of the Mississippi due to his royal ties. This would become Oak Alley. In 1704, he settled in the area and planted a row of oak trees to mark it off. In 1707, he left with his family back to Canada.

[idawmn]

Quite the place

[nos212100]

Michel Arseneaux planted those oaks in 1704. Im proud to say im he's my 8th great-grandfather.

[pettyofficer30]

@nos212100 That is awesome! I like the precision on how he planted them. He must have known the oak trees would live a long life!

[nos212100]

@pettyofficer30 Thanks. It means a lot. I found that out last year and i couldn't contain myself after i found out that he was my 8th ggf :D

[trentspirit1]

Wow! It's beautiful especially the garden.

[sOmthinG00D]

thatr tour sucks, like any other.

@4:20 the grave yerd



[sOmthinG00D]

thatr tour sucks, like any  other.

[debtansey89]

We'll be going there next week. Really looking foreward to visiting here. I would love to live in a house like this!

[funboy7979]

Horrible tour guide.

[frontier33]

Absolutely awe-inspiring! Thank you so much for sharing your journeys with us!

[saintben2008]

It's so beautiful, but so haunting. I always wondered where they buried the slaves.

[couturesixfour]

i'm sure these places are haunted. so many lives were destroyed for hundreds of years in houses and on lands like this! i hope the tour touches on the horrors of plantation life as well!!!

[videogamegirlsings]

i've been there 5 times cause i live in vacherie they have ghost no joke

[9thprotocol]

although that house was built much later it still gives an idea of what British Colonial America must've been like

[louie8970]

@9thprotocol um no that was the frenchg colonial time.

[Indigos8rboi]

i was there and saw a lady in black there

[DexDizzy]

yeah it is spooky at night around 11 when passing by you can seen an old lady sitting on the levy, i live less than a mile from there

[rsrsecserv]

I've been to Oak Alley. It's so majestic!

[heaven8211]

beautiful..

[frostycold111]

aparently its haunted

[chris19001]

This is one of the best videos, for watching an existing plantation house musesm. I thought the tour guide would have an southern state accent. How you ever since Rose Hall Great House in Jamaica that is worth checking out on youtube.