1964 Map of Lake Bully Camp

About this map

Bayou Pointe au Chien serves as the primary artery for settlement in this coastal marshland straddling the border of Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. The 1960s landscape shows a tight-knit community clustered along the natural levees of the bayou, anchored by local institutions like St Peters Ch, Live Oak Ch, and the Lower Pointe au Chien Sch. Away from the narrow corridor of dry land, the environment is dominated by an intricate network of waterways including the Grand Bayou Canal and St Jean Charles Canal. The economic character of the region is defined by extensive energy extraction, with the Bully Camp Gas and Oil Field and Bayou Jean Lacroix Oil and Gas Field carving industrial footprints into the surrounding wetlands and reaching toward Lake Bully Camp.