1943 Map of Sackets Harbor

About this map

Madison Barracks and the U S Naval Sta anchor the shoreline of this 1940s wartime survey, overlooking the strategic waters where Black River Bay meets the eastern edge of Lake Ontario. This era was a period of significant military and civil aviation activity, marked by the presence of the Watertown Municipal Airport and its accompanying Airway Beacon. The landscape is defined by the transition from maritime installations at Navy Pt to the inland agricultural and transport network of the town of Hounsfield.