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1957 Map of Moosehead Lake

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Moosehead Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

Mt Kineo rises prominently over the western shore of the lake, serving as a central landmark for this 1957 survey of the Maine woods. The landscape is defined by large island masses like Sugar Island and Deer Island, and the complex shoreline of Spencer Bay. Cultural development is concentrated along the western edge near Rockwood and the southern reaches near Moosehead, where the Canadian Pacific railroad cuts through the forest.

Insights into mid-century land use appear in the presence of Lily Bay State Park and the network of township boundaries, including Days Academy and the East Middlesex Canal Grant. Isolated features such as the Lookout Tower on Kineo and Deer Head Farm reflect the era's balance between wilderness management and small-scale habitation. The map also records early industrial traces like the Gravel Pit near Scammon and numerous survey benchmarks along the primary routes.