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1967 Map of Chef Menteur

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Chef Menteur
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1994
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1994

About this map

Chef Menteur Pass serves as the central artery for this coastal landscape, connecting the waters of Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. The 1967 survey highlights the emergence of the Venetian Isles residential development, carved into the marshlands with its distinct finger-canal layout. Strategic infrastructure is prominent along the channel, including the historic site of Fort Macomb (Ruins), which guarded this water route since the early 19th century.

A complex network of wetlands and bayous, such as Bayou Sauvage and Bayou Gentilly, surrounds the modern engineering of the Intracoastal Waterway and the protective Levee systems. The map captures the boundary at Orleans Parish St Bernard Parish amidst a shifting terrain of lagoons like Chico Lagoon and drainage features such as Greens Ditch. This period records the delicate balance between the growing suburban footprint of Chef Menteur and the vast marsh systems of eastern New Orleans.