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1949 Map of Bay Dosgris

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Bay Dosgris
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Alombro Cem stands as a solitary inland landmark amidst the labyrinthine wetlands of the Jefferson and Lafourche Parish boundary. This intricate network of coastal waterways is dominated by the broad expanse of Hackberry Bay and the meandering path of Grand Bayou. The landscape is defined by the complex transitions between open water and marsh, where smaller channels like Manila Bayou and Snail Bayou connect larger bodies like St Joseph Bay and Little Lake.

The presence of Old Grand Bayou suggests a shifting deltaic environment where natural processes frequently redrew the map. For genealogists and local historians, the inclusion of the family-named Alombro Cem provides a specific point of reference for early coastal residency and burial traditions in a region where solid ground was a precious commodity. The surveying, supported by aerial photographs from the Air Corps, reveals the raw state of the Louisiana coast before modern channelization altered these ancient drainage patterns.