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1982 Map of Grand Bayou

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Grand Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

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Sabine National Wildlife Refuge dominates the northern reaches of this coastal landscape, where the Grand Bayou and its sprawling prongs—including North Prong, South Prong, and East Prong—filter through the marsh toward Calcasieu Lake. The southern edge of the sheet is defined by the chenier ridges of Front Ridge and Mesquite Ridge, which provided the high ground necessary for settlement along the Gulf of Mexico.

Community life in the early 1980s was centered around these narrow habitable strips, evidenced by a dense concentration of local institutions. Researchers will find the Cameron Vocational Technical School near the ridge, alongside several family-named landmarks and spiritual centers such as Sacred Heart Ch, Ebenezer Ch, and the St Rose Cem. The infrastructure of the era is marked by numerous pipelines crossing the wetlands, illustrating the proximity of coastal industry to the small settlements of Midway and Rutherford.