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1952 Map of Lake Cataouatche East

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Lake Cataouatche East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Lake Cataouatche and Lake Salvador dominate this mid-century view of the Louisiana marshlands where St Charles Parish and Jefferson Parish meet. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of waterways, from the Intracoastal Waterway Barataria Bayou in the southeast to the dredged channels of the Bayou Couba Oil Field. This period represents a significant era of petroleum exploration and industrial water management, evidenced by the numerous canals like the Millaudon Canal, Delery Canal, and Sharp Canal that cut through the wetlands.

Small settlements such as Estelle and Woods Place appear along the eastern edge, showing the limits of inhabitable land before the terrain gives way to the marshes of Couba Island. Natural bayous, including Bayou Segnette and Bayou Bardeaux, wind through the territory, illustrating the complex transition between natural drainage and man-made infrastructure in the coastal lowlands during the 1950s.