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1957 Map of Mink Bayou

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Mink Bayou
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1980
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1980

About this map

Bayou Lafourche anchors this coastal landscape, where the intrusion of the energy industry into the Louisiana wetlands is clearly visible through a network of canals and infrastructure. The map reveals an active Oil Field populated with Oil Tanks and industrial structures that contrast with the surrounding marshland. These wetlands are defined by a complex hydrology of tidal waters such as Bay Jaque, Bay Rambo, and Mink Bayou, alongside larger bodies like North Lake and Lake Jesse.

Evidence of local history persists in small clusters, including a Cem located near the bayou's edge. The integration of man-made features like the Southwestern Canal illustrates the mid-century effort to navigate and exploit this coastal environment. This survey, updated with late-1970s photorevisions, documents the shifting boundaries between the natural bayou system and the advancing industrial footprint in Lafourche Parish.