1951 Map of Lake Bonaparte

About this map

The Camp Drum Military Reservation dominates this north-central New York landscape, its boundary lines cutting diagonally across a terrain defined by glacial lakes and wetlands. Surveyed in the early 1950s, the map illustrates the intersection of military land use with established rural crossroads like Kellogg Corners and Rices Corners. To the south, the expansive waters of Lake Bonaparte are detailed with features such as Hitchcock Bay, Birch Island, and Benton Point, indicating a long-standing recreational and residential pull near the settlement of Lake Bonaparte. The map provides a look at the hydraulic connectivity of the region, where the Indian River flows near Narrow Lake and Indian Lake, and smaller settlements like Alpina and Balmat serve as focal points for local navigation and history in St. Lawrence, Jefferson, and Lewis counties.