CANKTON

Cankton, in the Coulée Croche section of St. Landry, takes its name from Dr. Louis Aristide Guidry, who was known as "Cank." It's said that he was an avid duck hunter as a boy. Guidry would signal his family that he was home from a hunt by using the duck call "Cank, cank, cank." His folks would say, "Cank est revenu, " (Cank is back) and the name stuck.