Known worldwide for fishing, hunting and fine Cajun cuisine, Morgan City serves as the gateway to the Gulf of Mexico for the shrimping and oil field industries. It’s conveniently located “right in the middle of everywhere” and equidistant from Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, all about an hour away.

The Hospital
Teche Regional Medical Center is a 142-bed community hospital, providing a broad range of healthcare services.These services include: a 24-Hour Emergency Department, Surgical and Ambulatory Care Services, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, Cardiopulmonary, EKG and Echocardiography, Endoscopy, Full Service Lab, General Surgery, Home Health, Inpatient Behavioral Health, Med/Surg ICU, Women’s Services, Occupational and Speech Therapy and Pharmacy. Other services include Inpatient and Outpatient Physical Therapy, X-Ray, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, CT, Bone Densitometry, Ultrasound and Mammography. Our medical staff consists of general, vascular and thoracic surgeons, obstetricians/gynecologists, cardiologists, pediatricians, internal medicine, rheumatologists, endocrinologists, family practitioners, general practitioners, otolaryngologists (ENT), orthopedics, radiologists, pathologists, psychiatrists, emergency medicine physicians, and anesthesiologists.

The Community
From the arrival of the jumbo shrimp off the coast in 1935, to the drilling of the first offshore oil well in 1947, Morgan City has been the center of these two great industries. The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival is a festive celebration, a tribute to the ability of these two diverse industries to co-exist prosperously with the people of our area. This five-day festival offers free live music, great Cajun food and special family events. The Morgan City Recreation Department sponsors programs in football, baseball, basketball, softball, ceramics, crafts, tennis, and swimming. Morgan City has a modern municipal auditorium with a 1,100-seat theater, and is host to an active community concert and theater program. St.Mary Parish has both public and private schools, with a full-time gifted program for grades 3-12. Louisiana Technical College, (Young Memorial Campus) and Nicholls State University both have campus sites within the parish. Technical training for a number of occupational areas is offered by Louisiana Technical College. And many major universities, such as LSU and Tulane, are located in nearby Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

Recreation
Located on the banks of the Atchafalaya river, with the Gulf of Mexico 20 miles away, Morgan City, like the rest of Louisiana, is a Sportsman’s Paradise. Surrounded by rivers and lakes with beautiful cypress swamps to the north and coastal marshes to the south, the outdoor recreational opportunities are seemingly unlimited. Cypremort Point State Park is one of Louisiana's finest areas for water sports, and features a specially designed sand launch for catamarans, sunfish and windsurfers. The 6,000 acres of Lake Fausse Pointe State Park lie next to one of the great natural wonders of North America, the Atchafalaya Basin.The basin, which abounds in all types of wildlife, is comprised of a maze of bayous, lakes and cypress swamps. Avid birders and photographers may spot over 300 known species.