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1892 Map of Creole

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Creole
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1910
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1910

About this map

The low-lying coastal marshes of the Louisiana delta dominate this late nineteenth-century survey, a landscape defined by an intricate network of waterways where land and sea converge. Bayou Lafourche runs along the western edge, providing a vital artery through the Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. The interior is a mosaic of brackish basins and tidal channels, including the prominent Little Lake and the winding course of Bayou L'Ourse.

Detailed hydrography reveals the essential geography for early coastal industries and navigation, tracing connections between Hackberry Bay, Creole Bay, and the open waters of Camanada Bay. This survey captures the region's character before modern coastal erosion and canal dredging significantly altered these wetlands. Notable landmarks such as Martigan Pt. and the Shrimp Ids. serve as points of orientation within the expansive prairie and marsh, reflecting a time when travel and trade were almost entirely dictated by the tides and the flow of the bayous.