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1892 Map of Creole

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Creole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1898
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1898

About this map

Trembling Prairie dominates the western portion of this coastal landscape, a vast expanse of marshland documented in the final decade of the nineteenth century. The map illustrates the intricate hydrological network where Bayou Lafourche meanders along the southwestern edge, defining the boundary of this low-lying region. To the east, the terrain transitions into a complex system of interconnected bays and tidal channels, including Hackberry Bay and Creole Bay.

Little Lake sits at the northern terminus of several watercourses like Bayou L'Ourse, which cuts through the center of the sheet. This survey, compiled from early U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey records, captures the shoreline and wetlands long before the significant coastal erosion of the twentieth century. Notable local features like Shrimp Ids. and Martigan Pt. provide specific points of reference for tracing the historic coastal morphology of the Lafourche and Jefferson parish border.