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1963 Map of Grand Gulf

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Grand Gulf
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Grand Gulf and its storied landscape are defined by the shifting course of the Mississippi River, which separates Claiborne County, Mississippi, from the parishes of Louisiana. This 1963 survey documents a complex network of oxbow lakes and islands, including Yucatan Lake, Palmyra Lake, and the prominent Middle Ground Island. The area's deep ties to Civil War history are marked by the Grand Gulf Military Monument, situated near the riverbanks where an Old Railroad grade still traces the terrain toward the interior.

Farming and local community life appear in the small clusters at Point Pleasant and near Spring Hill Ch and Jerusalem Ch. The hydrography is particularly intricate here, with the Big Black River emptying into the Mississippi and numerous named backwaters like Dishroon Lake and Lake Karnac filling the lowlands. The indeterminate state boundaries through Togo Island reflect the ever-changing nature of this riverine environment during the early 1960s.