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1952 Map of Port Huron

Name: 1952 Topographic Map of Port Huron
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1954
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1954

About this map

Port Huron and the neighboring Canadian city of Sarnia anchor this mid-century survey of the international border along the St Clair River. The landscape is defined by heavy industry and infrastructure, from the St Clair Tunnel and Grand Trunk Railway System tracks to the massive Oil Refinery and Oil Tanks south of the Canadian border. The river serves as a bustling corridor of commerce, flanked by the residential growth of South Park and Marysville on the American side and Corunna in Ontario.

Educational history is remarkably well-documented here, with over a dozen local institutions such as Harrison Sch, Edison Sch, and Roosevelt Jr High Sch mapped throughout the city's grid. Further south, the map reveals a transition into industrial and recreational spaces, including Salt Wells and a Drive-in Theater near Morton Sch. The presence of the large Indian Reserve and Stag Island illustrates the complex land use patterns where the Great Lakes' shipping lanes narrow into the river channel.