1944 Map of Beacon Hill

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St Andrews Sound and the barrier dunes of the Florida Panhandle coastline define this wartime landscape, surveyed just as the regional infrastructure was adapting to mid-century growth. The map documents the coastal corridor where the Bay Co Gulf Co boundary meets the shoreline at Beacon Hill, a settlement positioned at the high ground overlooking St Joseph Bay. This 1943 survey captures the interplay between maritime features and the interior Swamp, where small family-named water bodies like Joe Lamb Branch and Preacher Bryant Ponds suggest the presence of long-established local holdings. The newly developed Intracoastal Waterway cuts through the northern marshlands, marking a significant era in Southern coastal navigation and commerce near Farmdale and the narrow inlet at Wild Goose Lagoon.