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1960 Map of North East

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of North East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Lake Erie defines the northern edge of this coastal landscape, where the town of North East serves as a hub for the surrounding agricultural and educational community. The presence of St Marys College and St Gregorys Sch underscores a tradition of institutional development near the shoreline. Along the lake, small settlements like Freeport and Orchard Beach mark the points where Sixteenmile Creek and other local waterways meet the beach.

Infrastructure in the mid-20th century is characterized by the modern New York State Thruway cutting across the landscape, paralleling older rail lines like the Conrail and Norfolk and Western. Inland, the terrain rises toward State Game Lands No 163 and the Howard Eaton Reservoir, showing a transition from the intensive rail-and-road corridors near the town to the managed forests and water resources of the interior.