2014 Map of Little Machias Lake

About this map

Little Machias Lake sits at the northeastern corner of this Aroostook County landscape, serving as the headwater for the Little Machias River. This interior Maine region is defined by a complex network of waterways, where names like Sixmile Brook, Fourmile Brook, and Tenmile Brook suggest the distances once reckoned by early travelers or woodsmen. The land is characterized by numerous tributaries, including the winding Greenlaw Stream and Sterling Brook, which flow through a terrain accessible only by a handful of back roads such as Reality Rd and Nuber Rd. The absence of dense settlement highlights the area’s primary use for timber and resource management, with most transit following the natural drainage patterns of the Webster Brook valley. This 2014 survey captures the persistence of the working forest, where the road network is dictated more by the stream crossings than by community centers.