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1925 Map of Memphremagog

Name: 1925 Topographic Map of Memphremagog
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1936
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1936

About this map

Lake Memphremagog dominates the northwestern corner of this northern Vermont landscape, serving as a focal point for international transit and commerce in the 1920s. Along its shores, the Steamboat Route and rail lines like the Boston and Maine RR and Canadian Pacific Ry converge at Newport, which was then a bustling hub of lake-and-rail activity. To the south, the deep waters of Lake Willoughby are framed by May Pond Mtn, while the interior of Orleans County is dotted with one-room schoolhouses like Merrill Hill School and Kittredge School, serving small upland farming communities.

Local industry is represented by the Willey Granite Quarry near Derby Center, and recreation is already taking root at sites like Songadewin Camp and the Country Club near Newport. The map captures the distinct settlement pattern of the era, from the village clusters of Brownington Village and Barton to the string of namesake hills—Bates Hill, Salem Hills, and Hopkinson Hill—that defined the region's agricultural geography before modern interstate development.