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1966 Map of Napoleonville SW

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Napoleonville SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

Stephenville serves as the primary outpost in this water-dominated landscape, situated where the Belle River and Intracoastal Waterway thread through the southern Louisiana wetlands. The 1960s environment is defined by an intricate network of bayous, including Long Bayou, Bayou Milhomme, and Bayou Sorrel, which carve through the Atchafalaya Floodway. The land-water interface is heavily influenced by mid-century resource extraction and aquaculture, evidenced by the presence of an Oil and Gas Field and a large Crayfish Farm in the central swamp.

Industrial infrastructure like the Intracoastal Waterway (Alternate Route) and numerous pipelines contrast with local landmarks such as Holy Cross Ch and named islands like Graveyard Island and Long Island. For researchers, the map captures a specific moment in the hydraulic history of St. Martin and Assumption Parishes, showing the proximity of settlements like Stephenville to the vast expanses of Lake Verret, Flat Lake, and Grassy Lake.