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1955 Map of Oswego Lake

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Oswego Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1992
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1992

About this map

Oswego Lake and the winding Oswego River anchor this mid-century survey of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a landscape defined by its complex network of water and sand. The map reveals an area managed for both natural resources and defense, featuring extensive Cranberry Bogs and several Reservoirs in the north, contrasted with the US Naval Reservation Warren Grove Target Area further south.

Small settlements like Sim Place and Leektown appear alongside numerous family-named water features such as Papoose Branch and Bartletts Branch. The southern portion is dominated by the Bass River State Forest and the State Recreation Area surrounding Lake Absegami, while the arrival of the Garden State Parkway in the southeast corner signals the increasing connectivity of this wilderness at the edge of the Lower Plains.