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1935 Map of Mink Bayou

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Mink Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

The transition from inland marsh to coastal bay in the 1930s is defined by the winding course of Bayou Lafourche and the adjacent State Highway No 620. This area of Lafourche Parish reveals a fragile landscape of interlacing waterways where land and water merge. Local history is anchored by several Cem markers along the highway corridor, indicating family burial grounds that served early Cajun settlements before more significant coastal erosion occurred.

A complex network of navigable channels like the Louisiana Canal and Mink Bayou provided essential transport routes for trapping and fishing long before modern road infrastructure dominated the region. From the wide expanse of Bay Rambo and Bay Diego in the east to Lake Jesse in the south, the map illustrates the hydrography of the Mississippi River delta during an era of early aerial photogrammetry by the Air Corps.