Historic Land Use Study of a Portion of the Barataria Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park: Part 1
Swanson B. 1988. Historic Land Use Study of a Portion of the Barataria Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park: Part 1. National Park Service
This report documents historic land use and identifies historic sites and features in that portion of the Barataria Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park which lies east of Highway 45. The study area measures approximately two miles by one and one-quarter miles. It represents a relatively undisturbed example of an abandoned Mississippi River deltaic distributary, the Barataria-des Familles Distributary. It is composed of the old river's natural levees, filled channel with upland hardwood forest, cypress swamp beyond the backslope of the natural levee, and the old scour channel (Bayou des Familles). The entire geological feature is undergoing subsidence, and the vegetation reflects this process. The study attempts to detail the historic land uses, land ownerships, and the human alterations to the natural environment. The entire environment is, to some degree, man-altered.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Swanson, Betsy
- Date of Issue
- 1988-01-15
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- HIST , JELA
- Keywords
- Barataria Unit, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, JELA, land use study