1967 Map of Kawkawlin

About this map

Saginaw Bay defines the eastern edge of this Michigan landscape, where a dense network of agricultural drains and coastal marshes meets the water. During the mid-1960s, the area south of Linwood shows a transition from rural farmland to recreational shoreline communities like Brissette Beach and Killarney Beach. The lower reaches of the Kawkawlin River and its branches serve as the focal point for settlement, winding past the Kawkawlin Village Sch toward the bay. The map reveals the local infrastructure of the era, from the dual rail lines of the Detroit and Mackinac and Penn Central to the preservation of the Tobico Marsh State Game Area. Genealogists may find particular value in the clearly marked Heavenly Rest Cem and St Ann Cem, along with numerous local schools that served these growing townships.