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1962 Map of Mount Airy NE

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Mount Airy NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Lake Maurepas dominates the eastern half of this coastal Louisiana landscape, where the waters of the Blind River and Dutch Bayou meet the lake's western edge. The terrain is characterized by intricate waterways and marshlands, including Mississippi Bayou, Tent Bayou, and Bee Croche Bayou. These natural drainages are interrupted by human engineering, most notably the straight course of the Reserve Relief Canal cutting south from the shoreline.

Industrial activity in the early 1960s is evidenced by the Lake Maurepas Oil Field located offshore and a navigational Light marking the approach to the river mouths. For those tracing the evolution of local transportation, an Old Railroad Grade is visible traversing the marsh north of Alligator Bayou, serving as a reminder of earlier timber or transport efforts before the landscape was fully mapped in the modern era.