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1944 Map of West Bay

Name: 1944 Topographic Map of West Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

West Bay stands at the heart of this wartime survey, showing the coastal landscape of Bay County during a period of significant military and infrastructure development. The Intracoastal Waterway cuts through the marshy terrain, providing a critical transportation corridor south of the settlement at West Bay. The area is defined by a complex network of freshwater drainages, including Burnt Mill Creek and Crooked Creek, which flow through low-lying wetlands before reaching the open water of the bay.

Several named points such as Walsonham Point and Breakfast Point mark the southern shoreline, illustrating the region's geography before later decades of growth. The presence of numerous branches and creeks, such as Pigeon Creek and Miller Branch, suggests a terrain heavily influenced by its proximity to the Gulf, where timber and local water access dominated the rural economy during the mid-1940s.