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2018 Map of Ellerslie

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Ellerslie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The coastal marshlands of St. Mary Parish meet the Gulf of Mexico in this detailed survey of the terrain surrounding South Bend and Ellerslie. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of natural bayous and industrial waterways, including the prominent Intracoastal Waterway and the British-American Canal. These channels cut through a shifting environment of tidal marshes and islands such as Lower Island and Upper Island, which separate Jaws Bay from the larger waters of West Cote Blanche Bay.

Human infrastructure is concentrated along the levees in the southeast corner, where the W Bayou Sale Levee and E Bayou Sale Levee provide a backbone for local settlements. A segment of the Railroad and roads like the Hwy 90 Frontage suggest the logistical importance of this corridor. The transition from the dense drainage of Bayou Cop Cop and Cow Island Bayou to the open expanse of Fresh Water Lake illustrates the complex hydrology that governs life in this part of Louisiana.