1957 Map of Brassua Lake

The hydrography of the region is heavily managed for the timber and power industries of the 1950s, evidenced by structures such as Brassua Dam and the Long Pond Dam. Beyond the water, the terrain rises sharply toward Misery Ridge and Misery Knob, while family names are preserved on the land at Milliken Farm and Cornish Farm. This map documents a transitional period when traditional land use and early conservation efforts, like the Tomhegan Game Sanctuary, coexisted along the Upper Kennebec drainage.