1927 Map of Moose Bog

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Quebec and international borders converge in this remote northern frontier, where the topography of Pittsburg and Oxford County was meticulously surveyed by the International Boundary Commission. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of Mount D'Urban and Saddle Hill, which dictate the flow of the Magalloway River and its multiple branches. Remote outposts like Bowman Farm and Moose Bog Camp provide the only evidence of permanent human presence in an area dominated by peatlands and high-altitude water bodies. Genealogists and historians can trace the early drainage patterns around Moose Bog and the numerous small basins like Bowman Ponds and Barker Pond that characterize this borderland wilderness before more modern development reached the deep woods of the Northeast.