1957 Map of Lost Lake

About this map

Steinbergs Camp and isolated Shrimp Platforms define the mid-century human presence in this amphibious landscape of coastal Louisiana. The transition between salt and fresh marsh dominates the terrain, marked by a vast network of water bodies including Lost Lake, Carencro Lake, and Fourleague Bay. This 1957 edition, based on earlier surveys and updated with 1955 aerial photography, documents a critical era of resource extraction as the Deer Island Gas Field, Bayou Penchant Oil and Gas Field, and Fourleague Bay Gas Field were being established. These fields are often situated near Excavated Material sites, indicating the dredging required to navigate the bayous. Large landmasses like Point Au Fer Island and Deer Island are fragmented by a maze of waterways such as Mosquito Pass and the Lovel Canal, illustrating the constant shift of the gulf shoreline before modern coastal changes.