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1936 Map of Rockwood

Name: 1936 Topographic Map of Rockwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

The Detroit River serves as a busy maritime corridor in the late 1930s, featuring the Livingstone Channel and Amherstburg Channel along the international boundary with Canada. On the American side, Grosse Ile is a focal point of development and defense, hosting the U S Naval Reserve Aviation Base alongside the Grosse Ile Golf and Country Club. The map detail shows the transition from industrial waterfronts near Trenton and Gibraltar to the marshy lowlands of the Lake Erie shoreline.

Downriver, the landscape shifts toward agricultural and recreation areas like Milleville Beach and the extensive marshes near Point Mouillee. Local transit is dominated by a dense rail network including the Michigan Central and New York Central RR and the Detroit Toledo and Ironton RR. For genealogists, rural infrastructure is well-preserved, showing landmarks such as the St Marys Cem, South Road School, and Freck Sch before mid-century suburban expansion.