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1977 Map of Deep Creek

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Deep Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Great Dismal Swamp dominates the western landscape of this 1970s orthophotomap, its dark, forested canopy bisected by the straight line of the Dismal Swamp Canal. This distinctive hybrid survey overlays topographic data onto aerial photography, revealing the precise transition from the marshy wilds of the Green Sea to the agricultural fields and growing suburbs of Chesapeake.

Infrastructure is central to the area's development, with the Southern Branch Elizabeth River and the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal meeting near Great Bridge. Traces of local history are preserved in labels for St Bethlehem Ch, Bells Mill, and Cornland. The map also captures educational expansion in the region, noting the Tidewater Community College campus alongside established transport routes like Dominion Boulevard and the Southern Railway.