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1942 Map of Mount Desert

Name: 1942 Topographic Map of Mount Desert
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1942
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1942

About this map

Union River Bay and Western Bay define the coastal character of this Hancock County region during the early 1940s. The map illustrates a landscape where maritime tradition meets emerging scientific and transportation infrastructure, evidenced by the Marine Laboratory and Biological Laboratory near Salsbury Cove, and the presence of the Bar Harbor Airport at Leland Cem. The complex shoreline of Mount Desert Island is rendered in detail, showing established villages like Somesville, Northeast Harbor, and Southwest Harbor before mid-century development accelerated.

Local history is preserved through the locations of small rural schools such as the Parsonage Sch and Bayside Sch, alongside several family and community burial grounds including South Surry Cem and Haynes Cem. The topography is dominated by significant peaks like Sargent Mtn and Acadia Mtn, while the interior of the mainland features the extensive Big Heath and the winding Old Turnpike, reflecting older patterns of land travel across the marshes and hills of Trenton and Lamoine.