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1957 Map of Oak Level

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Oak Level
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Ogeechee River and the winding Intracoastal Waterway Florida Passage dominate this coastal landscape at the borders of Bryan, Chatham, and Liberty counties. The map captures a complex network of tidal marshes and narrow channels like Kilkenny Creek and Buckhead Creek that define the Georgia shoreline before modern development altered much of the low-lying terrain. Interior land is largely characterized by woodland and private roads leading to small coastal outposts.

Evidence of the local maritime and social economy is visible at Kilkenny Club and Lincoln Landing, while a solitary Cem near Belle Isle provides a specific point of interest for genealogists. The chart details nautical aids including numerous Light markers and the Project Depth 12 Feet dredging notations, illustrating the transition from open Ossabaw Sound into the sheltered river passages that served commercial and recreational traffic in the late 1950s.