2015 Map of Three Bayou Bay

About this map

Barataria Bay Waterway cuts a straight, industrial path through the intricate coastal wetlands of Jefferson Parish, reflecting the modern navigational engineering of south Louisiana. This maritime landscape is defined by the convergence of natural tidal channels and man-made passages like Dupre Cut, which bypasses the winding historical reaches of Bayou Cutler. The survey illustrates a delicate environment of brackish lakes and bayous, including Turtle Bay and Long Bay, where land and water dissolve into one another. Farther south, Bayou Saint Denis provides a broad outlet into the larger bay system, while smaller arteries such as Bayou Maurice and Three Bayou Bay weave through the marsh. This 2015 record documents the specific configuration of these sensitive coastal features before further sediment shifts and coastal changes alter the Louisiana shoreline.