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1943 Map of Santa Rosa Island North

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Santa Rosa Island North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Bechers Bay and the northern coastline of Santa Rosa Island are documented here during a 1943 survey conducted for the Army Map Service. The landscape is defined by its dramatic drainage systems, including Arlington Canyon, Cañada Verde, and Cañada Soledad, which carve through the island's interior toward the Santa Barbara Channel. A solitary Ranch overlooks the Northwest Anchorage, representing the primary human footprint on this isolated terrain at the time of the field check.

Surveyors from Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc. utilized stereoplanigraph technology to capture the elevation changes from the coastal Carrington Point to the prominent heights of La Mesa and Round Top. Coastal features such as Brockway Point, Coal Point, and Corral Point provide key navigational references along the northern shore. The inclusion of geodetic markers like Santa Rosa Island W Base and Santa Rosa Island E Base underscores the precision required for this wartime topographic mapping effort.