Currents of History: Tragedy & Triumph on the Banks of the Mississippi

This is a journey over the River (by taking the Canal Street Ferry), through water—levees, storms, commerce and catastrophe. From the First People, to the French settlers who saw opportunity in the high ground (and ignored the surrounding swampland), to enslaved Africans who labored and resisted along the docks, to the Great Flood and Hurricane Katrina—we follow the river’s wide and winding wake through New Orleans' soul.

This isn’t a disaster tour. It’s a riverine resurrection story.

Told with reverence, grit, and poetic insight, Currents of History is for those who want to understand New Orleans beyond Bourbon Street—through the waterlines etched in our souls and the unbreakable spirit that keeps rising with the tide.

Audience: This tour is appropriate for guests of all ages.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Where: Begins at the Canal Street Ferry Terminal, along the riverfront at the river end of Canal Street.
Includes: Ferry ride. Historic riverfront walk, stories of hurricanes, commerce, levees, migration, music, and the people who lived and fought along the banks of America’s most mythic river.