Canary Islanders of Louisiana
Ascension Parish Library- Donaldsonville 500 Mississippi Street, Donaldsonville, Louisiana 70346
The descendants of the Canary Island people who settled in Louisiana in the late eighteenth century symbolize the last living remnant of Spanish colonial Louisiana. The Donaldsonville branch of the Ascension Parish Library invites Stephen Estopinal for a presentation on the Canary Islanders, from whom he is descended. Estopinal, a civil engineer and U.S. Army veteran, will follow his presentation with a book signing on historical fiction novels he has written about the Canary Islanders. 6 pm. Registration is required at (225) 473-8052.