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1986 Map of Blue Brook

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Blue Brook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The St John River carves through the northwestern corner of this territory in northern Maine, anchoring a landscape defined by its remote township and range divisions. Surveyed in the mid-1980s, the terrain is shaped by high ridges and a dense network of watercourses, including Blue Brook and the prominent Harding Ridge. The area reflects a working wilderness of the era, where a network of private roads provides the only interior access to small-scale extractive sites like a Gravel Pit and Small Pit.

Evidence of recreational use is minimal but present, centered around a lone Campsite near the river and secluded water bodies such as Blue Pond. The presence of numerous named tributaries, including Priestly Brook, Whittaker Brook, and Schedule Brook, illustrates a watershed that remained largely unsettled, serving primarily as a resource for the timber industry and backcountry sportsmen during this period.