1970 Map of Shawano

About this map

Shawano and Bolles anchor this orthophotomap of the Florida Everglades, which captures the region's intensive transformation into a structured agricultural landscape during the 1970s. The aerial imagery reveals a massive grid of canals and fields, a stark contrast to the natural wetlands that once dominated Palm Beach County. The diagonal path of the Hillsboro Canal cuts through the surveyed sections, serving as a primary artery for water management in the district. The prevalence of numerous Pump stations along the drainage ditches illustrates the engineering required to maintain these muck lands for cultivation. This document provides a rare visual record of land use patterns at the height of the area's agricultural expansion, showing the precise layout of the drainage infrastructure and property divisions before later conservation efforts began to re-evaluate the hydrology of the northern Glades.