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1935 Map of Mooseleuk Lake

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Mooseleuk Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Big Machias Lake and the surrounding unorganized townships of northern Maine appear here as a landscape defined by timber and water management in the early 1930s. The map reveals the logistical infrastructure of the era's logging industry, where the Machias R served as a primary artery. Remote outposts such as Storms Camp, Chase Camp, and Twentyfivemile Camp are scattered across the terrain, indicating the seasonal pulse of woods work.

Commercial interests are explicitly noted with a parcel attributed to American Realty in Township 11 Range 9. Higher elevations are utilized for surveillance, marked by a Fire Tower atop Round Mtn. A network of primitive transport, including the Tote Road and the Round Mtn Trail, connects these interior camps to water bodies like Mooseleuk Lake and Rowe Lake. This survey captures the region just as the industrial management of the Maine North Woods was becoming more formally structured.