2018 Map of Lake Mary

About this map

The Mississippi River carves a complex alluvial landscape along the Louisiana and Mississippi border, creating a network of oxbow lakes, sloughs, and islands. At the heart of this terrain lies Lake Mary, a massive crescent water body south of Loch Leven. The geography here is defined by historical channel shifts, leaving behind features like the Old Homochitto River and the Homochitto Cut-off. These old river paths created isolated landmasses such as Steward Island, Johnson Island, and the large interior tract of Big Island, which is itself dotted with smaller bodies of water like Horseshoe Lake and Long Lake.