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1956 Map of Bay Tambour

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Bay Tambour
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

The intricate coastal marshlands of the Jefferson Parish and Lafourche Parish boundary define this mid-century survey. Dominated by an expansive network of interconnected waterways and shallow bays, the landscape is centered on Bay Tambour and the vast Caminada Bay. The infrastructure of the Gulf's petroleum industry is evident through scattered Oil Wells, particularly near Lake Pierre.

Navigational arteries like the Southwestern Louisiana Canal and Bayou Garcia cut through the wetlands, providing transit through a terrain where dry land is limited to small rises like Oaks and prominent coastal markers such as Point des Ilettes and Martigan Point. The interplay of local bayous, including Bayou l'Ours and Bayou Casse-Tete, illustrates the complex hydrology of the Louisiana coast prior to the significant land loss of later decades.