Old big lake
 

Cool....goes to show how much man tore it up.

Where did u get that map??? I have one from my dad that was my great grandpaws but its so old im scared to frame it

I have been looking for one to buy in good shape

There is some special kind of frame that you can buy that will preserve paper. Call a place that does custom framing and they'll let you know the details about it.

Crazy how all the land just washed away

You can thank the ship channel for that

Very cool map, funny how long point is pretty much gone.

This is really cool. It's amazing how much different man has made the estuary

Long point south is about to be the new super cut

I'll have to check Monday when I get back to work.

what year is this?

1935

When did they dig the channel?

After 1935. :rolleyes:;)

thanks for sharing

Thought it would be interesting to you guys. Wish I could find a map of the entire lake.

I think they started in the 1920 late and finished in late 30's

Not 100% just what I think I remember hearing

One can go to the Office of State Lands in Baton Rouge and get some really cool maps and surveyors' notes. Whenever (can't remember who?) started the whole section/township/range thing in the 1800s, surveyors had to go out and find the boundaries of each. They would walk the landscape and would have to find 'witness trees' for the corners of the T/S/R. They would find the closest tree to the corners and write down the species and diameter of the tree (for instance, say a 15" water oak). You can get the notes that they took while they were mapping all these things, you can get them for where your subdivision is, hunting club, or anywhere across the state. You can find out exactly what was there back in the mid to late 1800s. Some of the surveyors took really detailed notes while others just took info about the corners but its pretty cool to get these notes and a map of your area and see what was there before you.

Most of the area from Lafayette and west to Lake Charles and way north and south of there was all prairie, and its where you see rice fields now.

One thing that sticks out is reading one of them for the longleaf pine regions of Kisatchie. The surveyor was writing to say that they likely only had a few more days of the survey left because the 'annual wildfires' in the region were likely to be coming soon:eek:


cool story bro I know:*****:

Lake ain't that BIG:shaking::rotfl:

I saw that the last time I was there. Crazy how much it changed since the time before. Y don't they levee that before It gets too big?