1942 Map of Stony Point

About this map

The Lake Erie shoreline in Frenchtown and Berlin townships is defined by a dense network of drainage canals and coastal resort communities during the early 1940s. Established settlements like Oldport and Brest are surrounded by modern recreational developments including Woodland Beach, Detroit Beach, and Lagoona Beach, which began to transform the marshy lakefront. The landscape is a corridor of heavy transportation, where the Michigan Central and New York Central railroads parallel major arteries like Telegraph Rd.