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1941 Map of Nantasket

Name: 1941 Topographic Map of Nantasket
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1941
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1941

About this map

Nantasket Beach and the jagged coastline of the South Shore define this pre-war maritime landscape surveyed in 1936. The map illustrates a developed coastal corridor where residential and recreational spaces like the Cohasset Golf Club meet the Atlantic. Dense clusters of settlements at Nantasket, North Cohasset, and Green Hill are connected by iconic thoroughfares including Jerusalem Road and Atlantic Avenue.

The hazardous nature of Massachusetts Bay is evident through the placement of critical navigational aids, including the offshore The Graves Lighthouse, the Boston Lightship, and the famous Minots Ledge Lighthouse. Inland, the map captures the local infrastructure of the era, such as the Canterbury Sch and Damon Sch, alongside natural features like Straits Pond and the rocky outcrops of The Glades.