re: Anyone here have family connections to the former Bayou Chene community?

Yes. My dad's family is from Bayou Chene. After the 1927 flood, his family was moved to Grand River where they mostly lived on house boats. My grandfather was a fisherman so once my dad and his siblings came along, they mostly moved where ever the fish were.

My dad is 82 now and loves telling his grandkids about catching the school boat to go to school and the grocery boat coming around where they'd trade fish for produce and grocery staples.