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1932 Map of Garden SE

Name: 1932 Topographic Map of Garden SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1932
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1932

About this map

Garden serves as the primary hub along the eastern edge of Big Bay De Noc in this 1932 field-examined survey. The geography is defined by a series of protected inlets and coves, including Vans Harbor, Kates Bay, and Garden Bay, which facilitated maritime activity along the Garden Peninsula. The interior landscape within the Fairbanks boundary reveals a distributed network of rural life, marked by essential community institutions such as the Kates Bay Sch, Hennessey Sch, and Puffy Sch.

A transmission line cuts through the northern timber and wetlands, signaling early 20th-century modernization in Delta County. The map provides significant detail for genealogical research, locating family-named landmarks like Ansels Point and Jacks Bluff, alongside quiet resting places at the Kates Bay Cem and Garden Cem. Small inland waters such as Buck Fever Lake and Half Moon Lake dot the low-lying terrain near Portage Bay.