1947 Map of Pine Chapel

About this map

Calcasieu River winds through this section of Allen Parish, defining a landscape shaped by the early twentieth-century timber industry. The map illustrates a network of former timber routes, specifically the numerous sections of Old Logging Railroad Grade that crisscross the terrain north of the river. These grades, often following the drainages of Tenmile Creek and Mill Creek, reveal the intensive logging history of the region before it transitioned to the established transportation corridors shown here.