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1966 Map of Lake Cataouatche East

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Lake Cataouatche East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Lake Cataouatche and Lake Salvador dominate this mid-century survey of the marshlands where St. Charles and Jefferson Parishes meet. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of industrial and drainage waterways, including the Millaudon Canal, Estelle Canal, and the Intracoastal Waterway running along Bayou Barataria.

Petroleum exploration is the primary human footprint across these wetlands, evidenced by the numerous drill holes and the Couba Island Oil Field and Bayou Villars Oil Field. The 1970s photorevisions, shown in purple, highlight small urban expansions near Woods Place Canal and significant drainage infrastructure like the Avondale Outflow Canal and the pumping station near the parish boundary. This record captures a critical period of hydraulic engineering and resource extraction in the Barataria Basin.