1962 Map of Erwinville

About this map

False River dominates the northern landscape of this Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parish boundary, where the arc of the oxbow lake creates the distinct region known as The Island. The terrain is defined by an intricate network of waterways including Bayou Grosse Tete, Bayou Poydras, and Bayou Chenal, which historically dictated the pattern of agricultural settlement and transport. Small communities like Lakeland, Chenal, and Erwinville are clustered along these bayous and the Missouri Pacific railroad line, which cuts a sharp diagonal across the alluvial plain.