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1945 Map of Lighthouse Point

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Lighthouse Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Coastal fisheries and marshland define this World War II era survey of the Franklin and Wakulla county line. The landscape is dominated by tidal networks and isolated outposts of the regional fishing economy, including the Ochlockonee Fishery on Mashes Island and the Sunday Reel Fishery further south on St James Island. These small coastal operations represent the primary human imprint on a terrain otherwise shaped by water and shifting sands.

Large inland water bodies like Tucker Lake and Little Tucker Lake are surrounded by dense wetland patterns, while the coastline transitions from the sheltered waters of Alligator Harbor to the open Gulf of Mexico. Navigation and shore landmarks are prominent, from the namesake Lighthouse Point to Southwest Cape, providing a detailed record of the shoreline before modern development or significant coastal erosion altered these reaches of Ochlockonee Bay.