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1952 Map of Antelope Island South

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Antelope Island South
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Saltair Resort and its iconic Roller Coaster stand as a primary focal point along the southern shoreline of the Great Salt Lake in this mid-century portrait. The map illustrates a unique landscape shaped by both recreation and industrial salt extraction, where extensive Salt Evaporators and a large Tailings Pond define the eastern flats. Transport and utility infrastructure are heavily represented, including the Garfield and Western Base Line railroad and an abandoned line of the North Pt Consolidated railway.

To the north, the rugged southern tip of Antelope Island rises sharply from the salt flats, marked by the distinctive summit of Mollys Nipple and the isolated McIntyre Spr. The interplay between the natural shoreline and human-engineered structures like the Goggin Drain and several Levees highlights the efforts to manage and exploit the saline environment of Davis and Salt Lake Counties during the early 1950s.