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1994 Map of Moss Lake

Name: 1994 Topographic Map of Moss Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1996
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1996

About this map

The industrial and maritime landscape of coastal Louisiana is deeply defined by the Calcasieu Ship Channel and the Intracoastal Waterway. This environment is a maze of bayous and cutoffs, where the Calcasieu River winds around Choupique Island and through the Calcasieu Locks. The map highlights the intensive energy extraction of the region, featuring the East Moss Lake Oil and Gas Field and the Big Lake Oil Field near the shores of Calcasieu Lake.

Settlement is sparse and tied to the water, centered around Hackberry and the small outpost at Burton Landing. For genealogists, several family-named burial sites are documented, including Dutch Cove Cem, Benoit Cem, and Pujol Cem. These markers of local heritage stand in contrast to the engineered waterways and industrial infrastructure that dominate this part of the Calcasieu Parish and Cameron Parish boundary.