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1905 Map of Waddington

Name: 1905 Topographic Map of Waddington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1950
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1950

About this map

The St Lawrence River serves as the dominant corridor in this northern New York landscape, marking the international border between the Dominion of Canada and the United States. Along the American shore, the village of Waddington sits opposite the large Ogden Island, separated by the Little River. The industrial and transport character of the early twentieth century is evident in the Rapide Plat Canal and the Grand Trunk railway line running along the northern bank.

Inland, the geography is defined by a dense network of waterways, including the winding Grass River and Raquette River, which supported small milling and farming communities such as Chase Mills, Chamberlain, and Louisville. Settlements like Madrid and Chipman anchor the southern reaches of the map, connected by rural roads that trace the undulating terrain of St. Lawrence County before modern highway expansion altered the local topography.