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1957 Map of Leesville

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Leesville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Bayou Lafourche cuts a distinct path through the wetlands of Lafourche Parish, serving as the primary corridor for settlement and industry in this amphibious landscape. At the northern edge, the community of Leeville clings to the high ground along the bayou, marked by a local Cem, a substation, and several masts. The surrounding terrain is a complex network of marshes, open water, and human engineering, where the Southwestern Louisiana Canal intersects natural waterways like Bayou Moreau and Bayou Cochon.

Extensive marshland gives way to significant water bodies such as Hackberry Bay and Lake Laurier, while the southern reaches open into Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. The proliferation of Oil Wells across the marshes and bays reflects the mid-century energy boom that transformed these coastal parishes. This survey captures the precarious balance between the natural flow of the delta and the intensive resource extraction that defined the era.