1949 Map of Hammock Lake

About this map

Cypremort Bayou carves through the marshy transition between Vermilion Bay and West Cote Blanche Bay in this mid-century coastal survey. The landscape is defined by the shifting boundaries of water and silt, where features like Crawford Point and Dead Cypress Point mark the southern reach of the mainland. A cluster of Oil Wells stands out in the shallow waters of the bay, signaling the mid-century industrial expansion into the Gulf of Mexico's coastal estuaries. To the south, the northern edge of the Marsh Island State Game Refuge appears across the bay, intersected by Joe Aucoin Bayou. The map also traces the parish line between Iberia and St. Mary, showing how political boundaries were established even across the fluid environments of Hammock Lake and surrounding marshes.