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1944 Map of Deep River

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of Deep River
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The Connecticut River serves as the central artery for this 1940s survey of Middlesex County, where established river towns like Deep River and East Haddam are connected by the East Haddam Bridge. The landscape is dotted with ancestral markers, from the Old Cove Burying Ground near Haddam Neck to the Mt Parnassus Burying Ground in the east. Along the western banks, the New York New Haven and Hartford RR follows the water's edge, supporting local industry and transit through Chester and Shailerville.

Further inland, the terrain rises toward peaks like Mt Parnassus and Poplar Hill, with the waters of Bashan Lake and the Moodus Reservoir fueling the mills and settlements to the north. Social centers are well-defined by institutions such as the Nathan Hale High Sch in Moodus and the St Josephs Ch near the riverfront. This map captures a period when the river was both a primary corridor of commerce and a quiet backdrop for rural hamlets like Hadlyme and Little Haddam.