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1948 Map of Olcott

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Olcott
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Lake Ontario defines the northern reaches of this Niagara County landscape, where the waters of Eighteenmile Creek meet the shoreline at Olcott. In the late 1940s, this region was a productive agricultural and industrial corridor, evidenced by the Barker Filtration Plant and a cannery waste disposal site near Barker. The New York Central railroad provides the primary industrial spine, connecting the village of Burt and the town of Newfane.

Rural life is meticulously documented through a network of local roads such as Checkered Tavern Road and Hess Road. The map records numerous numbered schoolhouses, from School No 10 to School No 13, and distinctive community landmarks like Advent Ch and St Johns Ch. This survey, compiled from 1942 aerial photography and 1948 ground work, captures the transition of the shoreline into a site for recreation at Camp Kenan alongside established orchard and farm country.