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1894 Map of Dulac

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

USGS Topo · Published 1894

About this map

Bayou Terrebonne and Little Bayou Caillou define the landscape of this coastal survey, where narrow ribbons of habitable land follow the natural levees of the delta. The small settlements of Montegut and Dulac represent the primary residential clusters during the late nineteenth century, surrounded by an intricate network of waterways like Bayou La Cache and Bayou Salle.

Hand-drawn topographic details emphasize the relationship between the marsh and the open water of Lake Barre and Wine Lake. Navigation was clearly central to local life, as evidenced by the inclusion of the Boudreau Canal and Robinson Canal, which provided vital passages between the winding natural bayous. From Quitman Lake to the southern coast at Bay La Peur, the map documents a fragile terrain before modern coastal erosion and industrial changes altered the southern reaches of Terrebonne.