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1979 Map of Rollover Lake

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Rollover Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Preserve dominates this coastal landscape, protecting a complex network of brackish marshes and tidal waters along the Gulf of Mexico. This 1970s orthophotomap provides a visual record of the shoreline before decades of significant coastal change, showing the intricate relationship between open water bodies like Rollover Lake and Flat Lake and the meandering channels of Rollover Bayou and Pigeon Bayou.

Evidence of human management and settlement in this remote marshland is seen at the Refuge Camp and a noted Dam near the lake's edge. The map also delineates the parish boundary between Cameron Parish and Vermilion Parish, cutting through a landscape defined by names such as Muskrat Bayou and Big Constance Lake. The presence of a Pipeline Area offshore highlights the intersection of industrial energy infrastructure with this sensitive environmental preserve.