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1963 Map of Campbellton

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Campbellton
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Chaleur Bay and the wooded uplands of the Restigouche Game Refuge dominate this 1963 survey of the northern borderlands. The industrial and transit corridor follows the Canadian National rail lines, connecting coastal centers like Campbellton and Dalhousie to the inland agricultural and logging hubs of St-Quentin and Kedgwick. In the southern reaches, the landscape rises toward high peaks including Mt Carleton and Sagamook Mtn, punctuated by a network of fire towers such as Fire tower #2149 that once monitored these timberlands.

Genealogists and local historians can trace the distribution of francophone and rural settlements, from the riverside parish at St-Léonard to the smaller clusters at Archibald Settlement and Colebrooke Settlement. The map documents the region's complex water system, including the Southwest Miramichi River and the lake-dotted interior featuring Trousers Lake and Long Lake. This edition reflects the cross-border connectivity between Maine and the Canadian provinces just before modern highway expansions altered the traditional road patterns seen here, such as Coombes Road.