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1922 Map of Long Pond

Name: 1922 Topographic Map of Long Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1962
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1962

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The Canadian Pacific railway cuts a distinct industrial line through this Somerset County landscape, connecting the timber-heavy region to broader markets. The local economy of the 1920s is anchored at Jackman Station and the nearby Jackman Mill, where the Moose River facilitates log transport and milling operations. North of the river, the township of Thorndike remains largely defined by its water bodies, including Fish Pond and Mud Pond, and the traces of the Alder Brook Trail.

Seasonal camps and rural outposts like Hughey Camp, Churchill Camp, and the Tourist Camp suggest an early twentieth-century transition toward recreational land use alongside traditional logging. Further south, the high elevations of Owls Head and Bean Brook Mtn overlook Parlin Pond, while the curiously named Misery Gore stands as a testament to the complex early surveying and land grant boundaries of the Maine wilderness.