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1892 Map of Chef Menteur

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Chef Menteur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1914
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1914

About this map

Ft Macomb stands as a primary landmark in this late 19th-century coastal survey, guarding the critical waterway of Chef Menteur Pass. The landscape is dominated by the complex marshlands of the Trembling Prairie, where the transition from Lake Pontchartrain to Lake Borgne is navigated by a network of waterways including Bayou Sauvage and Cedar Bayou.

Rail infrastructure defines the terrestrial corridors of this era, with the New Orleans and North Eastern Railroad cutting a diagonal path across the wetlands and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad following a more easterly route through small stations like Micheaud and Lee. On the northern shore of the pass, the presence of a Light House at Pt aux Herbes highlights the importance of this passage for maritime navigation before modern highway developments altered the region's accessibility.