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1963 Map of Catahoula Bay

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Catahoula Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Lake Salvador and the labyrinthine wetlands of the St. Charles Parish and Lafourche Parish line dominate this coastal landscape. The transition between open water and marsh is defined by unique shell features such as Bois Chactas Shell Bank and The Temple Shell Bank, while the southern reaches show the industrial footprint of a Gas Field and numerous Gas Wells. Navigation is centered on the Intracoastal Waterway and Bayou des Allemands, which connect the inner bays to the larger Gulf network.

Grounded in the early 1960s with 1970s revisions, the map identifies small settlements like Camardelle and traditional place names such as Grosse Pointe and Tabatiere Perdue. The network of man-made channels, including the Company Canal and Wickey Canal, illustrates the ongoing effort to manage the hydrology for local commerce and resource extraction in a region where boundaries remain often indefinite.