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1951 Map of Chef Menteur

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Chef Menteur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Chef Menteur Pass serves as a critical narrow waterway connecting Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne in this mid-century survey. The landscape is dominated by tidal marshes and intricate hydrologic networks, where the Intracoastal Waterway cuts a straight path across the winding routes of Bayou Sauvage and Bayou Gentilly. Near the small settlement of Chef Menteur, the Fort Macomb (Ruins) stand as a silent guardian of the pass, illustrating the area's long-standing strategic importance for coastal defense.

Transportation through this wetland environment is defined by the Louisville and Nashville railroad and a handful of roads navigating the narrow ridges. To the north, Point aux Herbes extends into the lake, while numerous smaller channels like Bayou Chevee and Bayou Thomas illustrate the complex drainage patterns of Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes before modern coastal erosion and development significantly altered the shoreline.