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1893 Map of Toulme

Name: 1893 Topographic Map of Toulme
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1893
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1893

About this map

Toulme stands as a small settlement along the corridor of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in this late nineteenth-century mapping of the coastal marshlands. The landscape is defined by the expansive waters of the Mississippi Sound and a complex network of coastal features, including Grand Island Pass and the isolated heights of Grand Island.

Maritime navigation of the era is evidenced by the St. Joseph Island Light and the Merrill Shell Bank Light, which served as critical landmarks for vessels navigating the shallow bays and passes. The intricate shoreline, surveyed by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, reveals a shifting environment of numerous bayous such as Caddy Bayou and Trois Chenes Bayou, which snake through the wetlands near Heron Bay. This map provides a detailed view of the coastal geography before modern development, marking points like Lower Point Clear and Malheureux Pt. as they appeared in 1893.