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1919 Map of Capers Island

Name: 1919 Topographic Map of Capers Island
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1919
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1919

About this map

Capers Island and the surrounding barrier islands of Charleston County appear here in their early twentieth-century state, showing the complex network of tidal waterways and sounds that define this coastal landscape. Surveyed in 1918 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the War Department, the map provides a high-resolution view of the shifting shorelines of Dewees Island and the Isle of Palms before modern coastal development.

Detailed bathymetric lines extend into the Atlantic Ocean, while inland, the maze of the Seven Reaches, Copahee Sound, and Bullyard Sound reflects the dynamic nature of the South Carolina Lowcountry. For local historians, the inclusion of specific landmarks like Videl Landing and small features like Alligator Pond offers a look at the geography of the islands as they were used for navigation and transport via Santee Pass and Capers Inlet just after the First World War.