
The Amite River Diversion Canal dominates this low-lying swamp landscape, illustrating the mid-20th-century hydrological engineering effort to redirect water flow across several parish lines. At this time, the area served as a complex intersection of natural and man-made waterways, where the Blind River and Petite Amite River snake through a labyrinth of bayous and wetlands. An Old Railroad Grade indicates earlier industrial or logging activity that once penetrated these marshes.
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1946 Petite Amite River
Ascension Parish, LA

1953 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA

1954 Petite Amite River
Ascension Parish, LA

1962 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA

1974 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA

1992 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA

1999 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA
2012 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA
2012 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA
2015 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA
2015 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA
2018 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA
2018 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA
2020 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA
2020 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA

2024 Carville
Ascension Parish, LA

2024 Mount Airy NW
Ascension Parish, LA