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1964 Map of Lake Quitman

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Lake Quitman
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Bayou Grand Caillou and the Houma Navigation Canal dominate this mid-1960s coastal landscape, where Terrebonne Parish’s intricate network of waterways facilitates both transit and industry. The map illustrates a transitional era for the wetlands, showing the significant footprint of the Houma Oil and Gas Field alongside traditional settlements. Local community life is centered near the northern reaches, marked by the Dulac Sch, Cure d'ars Chapel, and L'eglise de Dieu.

The presence of numerous Indian Mounds and a Mound on Mound Bayou points to a much deeper human history within the marsh. The terrain is a complex mosaic of open water like Lake Quitman and Lake Lapeyrouse, broken by canals such as the Robinson Canal and Lapeyrouse Canal. This survey records the specific alignment of bayous and man-made channels before several decades of coastal erosion further altered the southern Louisiana shoreline.