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1945 Map of Thousand Yard Bay

Name: 1945 Topographic Map of Thousand Yard Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Apalachicola National Forest dominates this 1945 landscape, characterized by the intricate drainage systems and wetland basins of the Florida Panhandle. The Ochlockonee River snakes along the eastern boundary, carving a complex path through the lowlands where features like Silver Slough and the Thousand Yard Bay define the hydrology of the region. The interior is a web of named waterways, including Bevell Branch and Vause Branch, reflecting a landscape defined more by its water than by its roads.

Roberts Landing stands as a notable point of human activity along the river, serving as a landmark in an area otherwise marked by the vast, undeveloped reaches of Gum Bay. Surveyed in the final years of World War II, the map captures the wilderness character of the Liberty and Franklin County borderlands before modern infrastructure significantly altered the natural flow of smaller tributaries like Log Creek and Juniper Creek.