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1905 Map of Waddington

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Waddington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1933
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1933

About this map

The St Lawrence River serves as the dominant boundary in this 1904 survey, delineating the frontier between the United States and Canada. Along the New York shore, the village of Waddington is a focal point of commerce and geography, situated just south of the expansive Ogden Island and the navigable Little River. The river's character is defined by a series of significant islands and navigational infrastructure, including the Plat Canal and Farrans Point Canal, which bypass the challenging Rapide Plat.

Inland, the landscape is shaped by the meandering Grass River and its many tributaries, supporting scattered settlements like Chase Mills and Chamberlain. The Grand Trunk railroad runs parallel to the Canadian shoreline, connecting towns such as Morrisburg and Aultsville. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of local landmarks like Chipman and several rural cemeteries that anchored these early twentieth-century border communities before modern maritime developments significantly altered the river's shoreline.