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1895 Map of Willsboro

Name: 1895 Topographic Map of Willsboro
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1907
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1907

About this map

Lake Champlain serves as the central artery for this late nineteenth-century landscape, where a sophisticated network of steam and rail connected the lakeside communities of New York and Vermont. The Champlain Transportation Co. Steamer Route bisects the water, providing a primary link between landings like Willsboro Point and Essex. On the western shore, the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. R. R. skirts the base of the mountains, following the valley of the Bouquet River through Whallonsburg and north toward Willsboro.

Mountainous terrain dominates the interior of the Willsboro and Chesterfield regions, characterized by summits such as Mt. Bigelow, Rattlesnake Mt., and Sugarloaf Mt.. These peaks are interspersed with numerous smaller bodies of water like Augur Lake and Long Pond. Across the water in Vermont, the land levels into the farming tracts of Charlotte and Ferrisburg, where the Rutland R. R. and Vermont Central R. R. facilitate inland transport, anchored by the cross-lake connection at McNeil Ferry.