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1934 Map of Greens Bayou

Name: 1934 Topographic Map of Greens Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Black Bayou and Greens Bayou dominate this coastal marshland of Cameron Parish, where a sparse network of camps and drainage canals supported local livelihoods in the mid-1930s. The landscape is defined by its low-lying hydrology, featuring extensive wetlands punctuated by firm ground at Pines Ridge and isolated hammocks like Marceaux Island.

Remote outposts such as Grays Camp, Gate Camp, and the curiously named Hell are positioned along the waterways, likely serving as base locations for trapping, fishing, or initial oil exploration. The presence of engineered waterways like Willow Bayou Canal and the Central Canal indicates early 20th-century efforts to manage the wetlands for navigation or drainage. This survey, compiled from early Air Corps aerial photography, provides a rare look at the Louisiana coast before modern channelization and land loss fundamentally altered these southern bayous.