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1950 Map of East Lee

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of East Lee
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The Housatonic River flows along the western edge of this Berkshire County landscape, serving as the industrial and transit corridor for Lee and Lenoxdale. The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad parallels the river, connecting these manufacturing centers to the broader regional economy. Rising sharply to the east, the rugged terrain of the October Mountain State Forest dominates the interior, a dense network of ridges and high-elevation water bodies including Felton Lake, Sandwash Reservoir, and Finerty Pond.

In the southeast, the area around West Becket and East Lee shows a landscape defined by significant water resources like Greenwater Pond and Upper Goose Pond. The map reveals the relationship between early industrial water needs and the natural topography, with numerous small reservoirs such as Codding Reservoir and the Upper Res tucked into the mountain folds. Local transport is represented by historic routes like Golden Hill Road and Jerusalem Road, which navigate the complex elevations of October Mountain and Walling Mountain.