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1945 Map of Dead Lake

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Dead Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Dead Lake and its intricate network of river systems dominate this mid-century Florida landscape, where the confluence of the Apalachicola River and the Chipola Cutoff creates a complex watery boundary between Gulf, Liberty, and Calhoun counties. The settlement at Chipola Park and the site of Iola represent the sparse human footprint in an area largely defined by low-lying wetlands like Tenmile Swamp.

Evidence of New Deal-era infrastructure is preserved here through C.C.C. Road No. 7, reflecting the mobilization of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the southern pine forests. Resource management is further highlighted by the State Fish Hatchery located near the southern bend of the lake. For genealogists, the inclusion of Jehu Cem and landing sites like Kentucky Ldg and Porter Landing provide critical markers of early river-based transport and family settlement along these remote Florida waterways.