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1970 Map of Point Chevreuil

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Point Chevreuil
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

The coastal marshes and waterways of St. Mary Parish define this 1970 landscape, where the land transitions into the expansive East Cote Blanche Bay. This survey captures a region dominated by the extraction industry, specifically the Bayou Sale Oil and Gas Field and the East Cote Blanche Bay Oil and Gas Field, which are marked by numerous platforms and pipelines cutting through the wetlands. Small coastal outposts such as South Bend, Gordy, and Burns are linked by Route 317, serving as the primary land-based connections in an area otherwise governed by water.

Along the jagged shoreline, geographic features like Salt Point and the prominent Point Chevreuil anchor the survey, while inland, a network of bayous including Bayou Sale and Leopard Bayou weave through the marsh. Cultural details for genealogists and local historians include a Cem near South Bend and the isolated Tucky Hammock further south. The map illustrates the delicate balance between the natural flow of the Atchafalaya Bay and the industrial infrastructure established to tap the region's energy resources.