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2010 Map of Beech Bayou

Name: 2010 Topographic Map of Beech Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2010
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2010

About this map

The Toledo Bend Reservoir dominates this landscape along the Louisiana-Texas border, its winding shoreline creating a complex network of coves and inlets. The settlement of Alliance sits on the eastern shore, surrounded by a dense web of local roads that suggest the area's transition into a recreational and residential lakeside community by the early 21st century. High ground to the west is marked by the Blue Lake Lookout Tower, providing a clear vantage point over the timbered terrain and the many branches feeding the reservoir.

Local history is preserved at the Old Saint Joseph Cemetery near Bayou Scie in the northeast. The map details numerous family-named routes such as Tobe Nabours Rd, Herman Leone Rd, and Bucky Murdock Rd, which trace the ancestral footprints of Sabine Parish. Waterways like Beech Bayou and Hurricane Creek continue to define the natural drainage of the region, while labels like Carters Ferry Rd hint at older modes of transport across the waters before the modern reservoir was fully established.