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2015 Map of Lafitte

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Lafitte
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Lafitte and Barataria anchor this complex wetland landscape where the artificial engineering of the Barataria Bay Waterway meets the ancient winding channels of Bayou Rigolettes and Bayou Cutler. To the northeast, the Mississippi River forms a sharp boundary, with river-bank settlements like Jesuit Bend, Gloria, and Star following the curve of Highway 23. This 2015 perspective shows a territory defined by water management and transit, from the California County Canal in the north to the southern expanse of Bayou Dupont.

Genealogists will find significant value in the high concentration of family-named burial sites clustered along the western ridges, including Little Village Cem, Coulon Cem, Bailey Cem, and Fisher Cem. The map illustrates how human habitation on Ile De Barataria remains tied to the narrow corridors of higher ground between the expansive marsh and the vast network of drainage canals like the Ollie Canal and Fleming Canal.