2020 Map of Lake Providence

About this map

The oxbow of Lake Providence dominates this landscape, reflecting an older path of the Mississippi River that now flows to the east. Along the lake’s inner curve, the town of Lake Providence serves as the hub of East Carroll Parish, anchored by the East Carroll Parish Courthouse and the Louisiana Technical College Margaret Surles Branch. The surrounding alluvial plain of the Tensas Basin is defined by a dense network of bayous and drainage features, including Baxter Bayou, Tensas Bayou, and Winters Bayou. In the southern reaches, the settlement of Greenfield sits near the banks of Boggy Bayou, while the northern area is marked by the community of Highland. This map captures the complex relationship between the fertile river bottomlands and the modern infrastructure required to manage it, from the Byerley Airport to the various parish roads that lace through the historic land grants and townships.