1943 Map of Morrisville

About this map

Morrisville and the surrounding township lands of Smithfield and Eaton appear here during the mid-war years of the early 1940s. The landscape is defined by its dramatic topographic relief, notably where the village of Peterboro sits between the vast wetlands of the Peterboro Swamp and the elevations of Mutton Hill. The region's early rural infrastructure remains highly visible, marked by numerous schoolhouses such as School No 7 and the descriptively named Swamp Sch.