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2018 Map of Millinocket Lake West

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Millinocket Lake West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Millinocket Lake and its smaller counterpart, Little Millinocket Lake, dominate the southern half of this interior Maine landscape. Connected by a channel known as The Thorofare, these waters are fed by a complex drainage system including Aroostook Brook and Caribou Brook. To the north, the terrain rises toward South Ridge before descending into the Munsungan Lake basin, where Munsungan Falls marks a notable drop in the local hydrology.

A network of specialized access ways like Pinkham Rd, Austin Camp Rd, and Huber Rd suggests a landscape managed for timber and seasonal recreation rather than permanent residential settlement. Small, isolated bodies of water such as Atkins Pond, Elsie Pond, and Jack Pond are scattered throughout the low-lying wetlands between Caribou Ridge and Millinocket Ridge, illustrating the glacially-carved character of the North Woods.