1906 Map of Brier Hill

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St Lawrence River serves as the dominant corridor of international commerce and travel in this early twentieth-century survey of the New York-Canada border. The map illustrates a dense network of water and rail transport, including the Grand Trunk R R on the northern shore and the New York Central and Hudson River R R threading through Morristown. A dedicated Steamboat Route tracks the center of the river, connecting significant cross-border centers like Brockville and Prescott. Inland, the landscape transitions from the river's shoreline bluffs to the marshy surroundings of Black Lake and Fish Creek. Small agricultural and rail settlements such as Edwardsville, Brier Hill Sta., and Galilee provide a clear view of the rural settlement patterns in St. Lawrence County before the modern expansion of highway systems altered the local geography.