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1931 Map of Moose Bog

Name: 1931 Topographic Map of Moose Bog
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

The international boundary between Canada and the United States defines the northern reaches of this topographic survey, capturing a remote intersection where Quebec, Maine, and New Hampshire meet. This 1927 field study, conducted by J.I. Gayetty and Crawford Dickey, focuses on the high-elevation terrain of Parmachenee and the headwaters of the Magalloway River system. The landscape is dominated by the Bowman Hills and prominent peaks like Saddle Hill and Mt Bon Durban.

Human activity is sparse in this wilderness, represented primarily by the isolated Bowman Farm and several named camps. The intricate drainage of Moose Bog and Moose Brook feeds into the West Branch and East Branch tributaries, illustrating the natural watershed before further 20th-century development. This map serves as a detailed record of the borderlands at a time when the International Boundary Commission was actively refining the geographic markers of the Northeast.