1999 Map of Donaldsonville

About this map

Donaldsonville serves as the focal point of this riverfront landscape, situated where the Mississippi River bends sharply near Bringier Point. The map illustrates a historic transition from the traditional plantation economy to modern industrial land use. Residual signatures of the 19th-century river corridor are visible in the footprints of Dugas Plantation, Union Plantation, and St Mary Plantation. These historical agricultural lands are increasingly occupied by contemporary infrastructure, such as the Sewage Treatment Plant and the extensive Lapice Oil Field to the south.