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1894 Map of Dulac

Name: 1894 Topographic Map of Dulac
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1904
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1904

About this map

Little Bayou Terrebonne and its surrounding wetlands define this 1891 survey of the coastal Louisiana landscape. Settlement patterns follow the high ground along the natural levees of the bayous, most notably at Montegut and Dulac. These narrow ribbons of habitable land are separated by vast expanses of marsh and open water, including the prominent Quitman Lake and Lake Barre.

Navigational infrastructure is represented by early waterworks like Boudreau Canal and Robinson Canal, which provided vital transit links through the intricate network of Bayou Caillou, Bayou Salle, and Bayou du Chien. The mapping reflects a period before modern coastal erosion significantly altered the shoreline, preserving the intricate geometry of features such as Bay La Peur and Wine Lake as they existed at the end of the nineteenth century.