2018 Map of Clear Lake

About this map

Bayou Pierre and its intricate network of offshoots define this corner of the Red River Valley where Caddo, Red River, and De Soto Parishes meet. The landscape is a low-lying mosaic of wetlands and named basins, including the Cannisnia Lake Basin and Clear Lake. The presence of New Friendship Cem and numerous named local roads like Starkey Rd and Red Lick Rd point to the rural residential patterns of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Unusual landform names like Hog Thief Point and Bill Gay Island reflect a deep local vernacular tied to the shifting waters and historical navigation of the region. This 2018 survey detail provides a look at the modern drainage and road system that has replaced the once-shifting channels of the Red River floodplains.