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2015 Map of Crew Lake

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Crew Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Bayou Lafourche carves a winding path through this corner of Northern Louisiana, defining the border between Ouachita Parish and Richland Parish. The landscape is a network of slow-moving water and drainage systems, where Steep Bayou, Gourd Bayou, and Bennet Bayou filter through low-lying areas like Bridge Brake. Small settlements and family clusters are connected by a grid of named roads, with Millhaven in the northwest and Rhymes in the southeast anchoring the local geography.

Evidence of the region's historical transit and development is found in labels like Overland Stage Rd and Dummy Line Rd, suggesting former commercial and timber routes. The map records several localized water bodies, including Clear Lake near the Boeuf River and the small Hall Cem, providing essential markers for genealogists and local historians tracing the distribution of early communities across the bottomlands.