Loading map...

1916 Map of St. Albans

Name: 1916 Topographic Map of St. Albans
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1931
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1931

About this map

St Albans serves as the focal point of this Vermont landscape, surveyed just before the First World War. The area is defined by its intricate shoreline along Lake Champlain and Missisquoi Bay, where numerous points and islands like Hog Island and St Albans Point punctuate the water. The regional economy is anchored by the Central Vermont and Grand Trunk railroads, which facilitated transport for local industry, notably at the Fonda Quarry.

Smaller settlements and rural junctions like Highgate Center, Skeels Corners, and Greens Corners dot the interior, connected by a network of numbered schoolhouses such as Taller School and Webster School. The meandering path of the Missisquoi River creates a natural corridor through Highgate and Swanton, while the eastern hills, including Bellevue Hill and St Albans Hill, rise above the lakeside plains, marking the transition from the fertile valley to the upland terrain.