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1964 Map of Lake Mechant

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Lake Mechant
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

Lake Mechant dominates this coastal landscape in southern Terrebonne Parish, showing a complex network of wetlands and tidal channels as they appeared in the early 1960s with revisions through the late 1970s. The map illustrates a region defined by water transport and resource extraction, notably featuring the Lake Pagie Gas Field and scattered Oil Wells and Drill Holes among the marshes. Significant waterways such as Bayou De Cade, Turtle Bayou, and Bayou Du Large provided critical navigation routes through the swampy terrain.

The intricate coastline is dotted with landmarks like Hog Point and opens into larger bodies of water including Caillou Lake and Mud Lake. These coastal features, along with names like Bayou Chevreau and Raccourci Bay, reflect the local nomenclature of the Louisiana delta. The map's detail provides a record of the shoreline and marsh extent before decades of coastal erosion and subsiding land further altered the geography of the Gulf Coast.