1955 Map of Lake Eloi

About this map

Lake Eloi Light stands as a vital navigational marker within this intricate network of marshlands and open water in St. Bernard Parish. The landscape is defined by a maze of tidal passes and lagoons, where major arteries like Bayou La Loutre and Bayou Eloi cut through the wetlands toward the open waters of Eloi Bay. The presence of the Engineers Canal and Spoil Bank Canal in the northwest indicates early mid-century hydraulic modification of these coastal reaches. From the northern expanse of Drum Lake to the southern shores of Lake Athanasio, the map documents a shifting environment of mudflats and shallow bays, including the curiously named Christmas Camp Lake and the storied Treasure Bay. This mid-1950s survey captures the region's topography just as aerial photography was beginning to refine the mapping of Louisiana's complex, low-lying deltaic fringe.