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1946 Map of Schooner Bayou NE

Name: 1946 Topographic Map of Schooner Bayou NE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1946
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1946

About this map

Kaplan sits at the northern edge of this coastal prairie landscape, where the Southern Pacific railroad meets the State Southern Highway No 25. The 1930s field examination reveals a highly engineered agricultural environment defined by an extensive network of waterways, including the Abbeville Canal, Isle Marrone Canal, and Sledge Canal. This system supported local agriculture through infrastructure like the Liberty Farm Pumping Sta and the Dog Island Pump Sta further south.

Family history is preserved in rural landmarks such as the Hebert Cem and Marceaux Cem, alongside the Broussard Sch. The terrain transitions into the marshy reaches of Pine Island, Second Island, and Dog Island, where natural features like Baton Coulee intersect with drainage projects like the Parish Drain Canal. This survey records a period of transition as traditional land grants and earlier surveys were reconciled with modern irrigation and transport routes.