1943 Map of Fair Haven

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Little Sodus Bay and Blind Sodus Bay dominate the northern shoreline along Lake Ontario, where the Fair Haven Beach State Park meets the water. During this wartime era, the region maintained a dense network of rural infrastructure, including numerous schoolhouses like School No 18 and School No 17. The rail-based economy is evident at Sterling Junction and Sterling Station, where the Lehigh Valley line facilitated transport through the orchards and scattered woodlots of Cayuga and Wayne Counties. Local family history is preserved in small burial grounds such as Phillips Cem and Livingston Cem Mc Arthur Cem. The landscape transitions from the marshy lowlands of The Pond and Juniper Pond to the defined elevations of Juniper Hill and Gulf Hill, illustrating the complex drainage patterns of Sterling Creek as it flows toward the lake.