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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  C6te 
  Carline* 
  

   Location 
  and 
  Topography 
  

  

  Geographical 
  position. 
  — 
  L,ike 
  Petite 
  Anse, 
  this 
  island 
  has 
  had 
  a 
  

   great 
  variety 
  of 
  names 
  : 
  Cote 
  Carline, 
  Depuy's 
  island, 
  Miller's 
  

   island. 
  Orange 
  island 
  and 
  Jefferson's 
  island. 
  As 
  the 
  winter 
  home 
  

   of 
  Joseph 
  Jefferson, 
  the 
  famous 
  actor, 
  it 
  is 
  now 
  better 
  known 
  by 
  

   the 
  latter 
  name. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  very 
  near 
  the 
  line 
  between 
  

   Vermillion 
  and 
  Iberia 
  Parishes 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  

   township 
  12 
  south, 
  range 
  5 
  east. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  nine 
  miles 
  west 
  

   of 
  New 
  Iberia 
  and 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  Abbeville 
  branch 
  

   of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Pacific 
  railroad. 
  

  

  Surrou7iding 
  country. 
  — 
  Unlike 
  the 
  other 
  islands 
  Cote 
  Carline 
  

   rises 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  prairie, 
  the 
  sea 
  marsh 
  being 
  two 
  miles 
  and 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   nine 
  miles 
  away. 
  Touching 
  the 
  island 
  on 
  the 
  northwestern 
  side 
  

   is 
  Lake 
  Peigneur, 
  a 
  beautiful 
  little 
  stretch 
  of 
  water 
  about 
  two 
  

   miles 
  long. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  say 
  that 
  sometimes 
  during 
  very 
  high 
  

   prolonged 
  south 
  winds 
  the 
  tide 
  of 
  the 
  ocean 
  is 
  felt 
  in 
  the 
  lake. 
  

   The 
  depth 
  of 
  this 
  lake 
  has 
  been 
  variously 
  stated, 
  estimates 
  rang- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  32 
  feet. 
  Surrounding 
  the 
  island 
  are 
  flat 
  prairie 
  

   lands 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  rice. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  first 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  island 
  which 
  appeared 
  in 
  

   literature, 
  having 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  Darby 
  in 
  1818 
  in 
  his 
  Emigrant's 
  Guide 
  to 
  

   the 
  Western 
  and 
  Southwestern 
  States 
  of 
  Louisiana, 
  Mississippi, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Flint, 
  in 
  his 
  History 
  and 
  Geography 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Valley, 
  2d 
  edition, 
  

   vol. 
  I, 
  p. 
  53, 
  says 
  the 
  principal 
  islands 
  along 
  the 
  gulf 
  shoie 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  are 
  Barataria, 
  the 
  noted 
  resort 
  of 
  

   Lafitte's 
  piratical 
  squadron, 
  Thomas, 
  La 
  Croix 
  and 
  Ascension 
  Islands. 
  It 
  is 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  place 
  these 
  names 
  exactly. 
  They 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  as 
  elevated 
  

   islands 
  rising 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  from 
  30 
  to 
  too 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea 
  marsh 
  and 
  

   hence 
  we 
  suppose 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Five 
  Islands. 
  Thomas' 
  is 
  probably 
  Petite 
  .^nse 
  

   for 
  it 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  being 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  main 
  land 
  by 
  a 
  causeway 
  

   and, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  know. 
  Petite 
  Anse 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  so 
  connected 
  at 
  that 
  

   time. 
  Barataria 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  either 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  or 
  Cote 
  Carline, 
  more 
  

   probably 
  the 
  former 
  ; 
  for 
  while 
  Cote 
  Carline 
  has 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  old 
  tombs 
  

   which 
  are 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  early 
  pirates 
  most 
  of 
  Lafitte's 
  operations 
  seem 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  conducted 
  from 
  Belle 
  Isle 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  nearness 
  to 
  the 
  sea, 
  

   It 
  may 
  however 
  refer 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  low 
  lying 
  islands 
  in 
  Barataria 
  bay 
  or 
  

   bayou. 
  No 
  clue 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  names 
  may 
  

   be 
  placed. 
  ' 
  

  

  