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1943 Map of Sackets Harbor

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Sackets Harbor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1943
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1943

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.

A dense network of numbered schoolhouses, such as School No 5 and School No 8, serves small crossroads settlements like Jewettville and Camps Mills. The infrastructure of the day is traced through the New York Central railroad and the Old Military Road, while numerous family-named junctions like Baggs Corners and Alverson Crossing indicate the importance of local land ownership and lineage in this Jefferson County community.