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1935 Map of Pelican Pass

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Pelican Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Pelican Pass serves as the central dividing line between Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes in this mid-1930s coastal survey. The landscape is a complex network of marshland and open water, dominated by Lake Raccourci and Timbalier Bay. Unlike more inland regions, human presence is represented by isolated camps and small settlements like Philo, Camp, and Tete, which reflect the seasonal and water-dependent nature of life along the Gulf Coast before modern coastal erosion and engineering significantly altered these landforms.

Waterways like Blue Bayou and the curiously named Wrong Name Pass weave through islands such as the Brush Islands and the Cassette Te Islands. The inclusion of small-scale landmarks such as Capon Pt and Jacko Camp Bay provides critical data for genealogists and environmental historians tracing the evolution of Louisiana's fragile shoreline and the specific sites of early 20th-century coastal camps.