Saginaw Bay dominates the maritime landscape of this 2011 survey, which captures the vast open waters of Lake Huron just off the coast of Michigan. As a purely hydrographic study of this specific quadrangle, the map provides a clean, unobstructed view of the bay's surface area. The lack of terrestrial features or bathymetric contours emphasizes the expanse of the Great Lakes shipping environment during this era. For researchers, this document defines the water boundaries and exact geographic coordinates of the bay at the turn of the decade, serving as a precise reference for the maritime limits of Tuscola County before further coastal changes or modern digital re-mapping occurred.
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1916 · Bay City
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1919 · Bay City
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1943 · Bay City
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Flint
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Flint
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1963 · Quanicassee
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Fish Point
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1963 · Fairgrove
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Essexville
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1967 · Bay City NE
USGS Topo · 1:24,000