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1955 Map of Lake Eloi

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Lake Eloi
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Lake Eloi Light stands as a lonely navigational marker in this mid-century survey of the coastal marshlands of St. Bernard Parish. The landscape is a labyrinth of brackish water and low-lying land, where massive tidal basins like Lake Eloi and Lake Athanasio are fed by an intricate network of passes and lagoons. Evidence of human intervention in this fluid environment appears in the form of the Engineers Canal to the west, cutting through the natural drainage of Drum Lake and Long Lagoon.

Historic water routes such as Bayou La Loutre and Bayou Petre dominate the northern portion of the map, serving as critical conduits through the wetlands. The cartography reveals a series of named openings like China Pass and Treasure Pass, which would have been vital for small-vessel navigation. At the southeastern edge, the solitary label for Deadman Island provides a rare named terrestrial landmark amidst the shifting shoreline of Eloi Bay.