DESCRIPTION: Antique lithographed chart of Pass Fourchon, Louisiana, at the mouth of Bayou Lafourche [1] where it entered the Gulf of Mexico in 1854. Shows Bird Island at bottom left and Lake Champagne to the right, today after erosion, no longer inland- called Bay Champagne. The pass shown on the chart no longer exists, it is closed and maritime traffic utilizes Belle Pass which lies to the west of the Pass Fourchon. The old Pass Fourchon channel is used to access Port Fourchon.
Port Fourchon is located about 60 miles SSW of New Orleans, Louisiana. The port is the marine support base for more than 90% of the Gulf of Mexico's deep-water oil production.
Drawn by F.W. Gerdes. Engineered by Bartle and Bradley. Lithographed by Bien and Sterner, New York.
[1] In 1854 Bayou Lafourche was an active distributary of the Mississippi River. Bayou Lafourche has not been navigable from the Mississippi River since 1905 when a dam was built at Donaldsonville, La. but prior to that time the portion of the Bayou north of the ICWW served as an important commercial artery to New Orleans and other points on the Mississippi River.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1854
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States
BODY OF WATER: Bayou Lafourche
CONDITION: Good.
Small traces of foxing. Clean.
COLORING: None
ENGRAVER:
SIZE: 10
" x
7 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 78
PRICE: $200
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