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1963 Map of Tigre Lagoon

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Tigre Lagoon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The salt-marsh and coastal wetlands of the Vermilion Parish Iberia Parish boundary dominate this mid-century survey, defined by the industrial intersections of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Tigre Lagoon Oil and Gas Field. The landscape is a complex network of bayous, including Petite Anse Bayou, Bayou Portage, and Bayou Hebert, which weave through the inundated lowlands toward the expansive Vermilion Bay.

Evidence of the region's mid-century energy economy is clear with the presence of the South Tigre Lagoon Gas Field, located just south of the primary Tigre Lagoon. Navigational markers like the Light near the Avery Canal and the distinct geography of Champlain Point provide critical reference points for the coastal waterway. This map captures the marshland before late-twentieth-century coastal changes, preserving the original courses of waterways like Three Bayou and Bayou Cassmer.