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1923 Map of Brassua Lake

Name: 1923 Topographic Map of Brassua Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1923
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1923

About this map

The Canadian Pacific and Maine Central railroads converge at Somerset Junction Tarratine PO, a vital rail link in the Maine wilderness during the early 1920s. This interior landscape is defined by the expansive Brassua Lake and its connection to Moosehead Lake via the Moose River, where a Steamboat Route tracks north past Hardscrabble Pt. The presence of Brassua Dam and Long Pond Dam highlights the era's focus on water power and logging logistics managed by the State of Maine Water Power Commission.

Local life is anchored at Tarratine and the nearby Blaine School, while the surrounding timberlands are dotted with sporting outposts and agricultural clearings such as Maynard Camp, Cornish Farm, and Milliken Farm. The map details the vast administrative divisions of the period, including the Sandwich Academy Grant and Misery Gore, underscoring the remote and strictly organized nature of the Somerset County backcountry.