1938 Map of La Branche
USGS Topo · Published 1949About this map
The marshy lowlands along the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain define this mid-1930s landscape, surveyed just as the Bonnet Carre Floodway was becoming a permanent feature of the river management system. The settlement of Labranche sits at the intersection of the shoreline and the Illinois Central railroad, which cuts a straight diagonal through the wetlands toward the southeast. The interior is a complex network of natural waterways like Bayou Labranche and Bayou Traverse, alongside an emerging system of straight drainage channels including the Cross Bayou Canal and various numbered canals. To the east, the West Boundary of Kenner Protection Levee marks the edge of the Jefferson Parish line, illustrating the transition from the wilder bayous of St. Charles Parish toward the protected lands near the city.
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Editions of this 1938 La Branche Map
2 editions found
Historical Maps of Kenner Through Time
32 maps found
1932 Hahnville NE
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 Hahnville NW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 Hahnville SW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1932 New Orleans SW
St. Charles Parish, LA
1938 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1940 Allemands
St. Charles Parish, LA
1942 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1942 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Allemands
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1952 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1966 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
1967 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1967 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
1992 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
1999 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2012 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2015 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2018 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2020 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 La Branche
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 Lake Cataouatche East
St. Charles Parish, LA
2024 Lake Cataouatche West
St. Charles Parish, LA