Cane River, Drainage Basin

Subject

Cane River from Grand Ecore to Cloutierville; Red River from Grand Ecore to Colfax, La. Old River from Natchitoches to Colfax; Little River; drainage basin, water transportation, Natchitoches Parish

Date
1891 Jan 7
Mapmaker
Willard, J. H.
Publisher

United States Corps of Engineers

Place of Publication

[Washington D. C. ?]

Accession Number
2001.035.002.1-2
Condition
Fair. Some slight browning; pamphlet detached from map, in two sections.
Market Value
2001 Mar: purchased from Michael Ginsberg Books for $50.00
Notes

Stored with printed "Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting…report upon the examination of Cane River, Louisiana," January 17, 1891, referred to U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Rivers and Harbors." This map and accompanying letter document a proposal to build a series of locks and dams to create a navigable stream year-round at Cane River, located in Natchitoches Parish. However, because of the cost to construct the locks and dams as well as the increasing use of railroads rather than waterways to transport goods, the project was not undertaken.

Size
9 x 5 3/4
Storage
3327 c05d06