2021 Map of Big Brook Lake

About this map

Big Brook Lake sits at the center of this remote North Woods landscape in T14 R10 WELS, defined by a network of logging roads and winding watercourses. The drainage of Big Brook and Rocky Brook shapes the topography, where names like Dead Horse Gulch and The Corduroys hint at the difficult passage faced by early woodsmen and foresters. The 2021 survey shows a terrain largely dedicated to timber production, evidenced by the extensive path of Rocky Brook Rd and Twenty Mile Brook Rd cutting through the ridges. Small, isolated bodies of water such as Petes Pond and Sag Pond provide breaks in the heavy forest cover. This map records the modern state of the Maine timberlands, where industrial forestry infrastructure overlays a landscape of ancient brooks and marshes including Five Finger Brook and McKeen Brook.