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1968 Map of Rigolets

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Rigolets
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Fort Pike State Monument (Ruins) stands at the western gate of Rigolets, guarding the historic deep-water passage between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. This intricate coastal landscape, revised in the late 1970s, reveals the complex network of bayous and islands that define the St. Tammany and Orleans Parish boundary. On the northern shore, Apple Pie Ridge provides a rare strip of higher ground where White Kitchen and the Ridge Memorial Ch are situated among the surrounding Fritchie Marsh.

Water dominates the region, with the Louisville and Nashville RR crossing the many channels of the Pearl River delta, including the Middle River and West Middle River. Notable landforms like Honey Island and Weems Island are delineated by a maze of smaller waterways such as Sawmill Bayou and Salt Bayou. This survey documents a critical transition zone where the Mississippi Sound meets the inland lakes, showing the early path of Interstate 10 as it began to reshape local transit.