
Bayou Lafourche cuts through the center of this coastal landscape, serving as the primary corridor for the communities of Leeville and Pointe Fourchon. By the late 1990s, the region's geography is defined by a dense network of industrial infrastructure supporting the Leeville Gas and Oil Field, including numerous radio towers, water tanks, and a heliport. This area represents a critical intersection of Louisiana's petroleum industry and its fragile coastal marshes, where human engineering is visible in the straight lines of the Southwestern Louisiana Canal and Havoline Canal that slice through the wetlands.
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1892 · Cheniere Caminada
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1892 · Creole
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Timbalier
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1894 · Lake Felicity
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1935 · Bay Courant
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1935 · Pelican Pass
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1935 · Mink Bayou
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1935 · Calumet Island
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1935 · Leeville
USGS Topo · 1:31,680
1939 · Lake Felicity
USGS Topo · 1:62,500