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1970 Map of Loxahatchee NW

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Loxahatchee NW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area No 1 dominate this 1970 orthophotomosaic, illustrating the managed intersection of Florida's wild wetlands and agricultural expansion. Engineered water control defines the landscape, anchored by the prominent West Palm Beach Canal which cuts diagonally across the sheet toward the sharp turn at Twentymile Bend.

A network of drainage features including the Ocean Canal and L-7 Canal support a rigid grid of cultivated fields, punctuated by numerous industrial Pump stations. This orthophoto edition provides a unique visual record of land use before further modernization, showing the precise boundaries where the Everglades’ natural ecology met the mechanical infrastructure of the mid-century Florida water management system.