2014 Map of Mud Lake

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Woodland Center and the small agricultural crossroads of Sweden anchor this interior Aroostook County landscape. The area is defined by a series of north-south running ridges and valleys drained by Caribou Stream, Salmon Brook, and Little Madawaska River. Settlement patterns follow the high ground, with historic family-named locations such as Margison and the rail-oriented Colby and Blackstone punctuating the rural roads. The prevalence of Swedish heritage in this region of Maine is evident through several denominational and family burial sites, including W Jemtland Cem, Jemtland Cem, and the Nilsen Ackerson Family Cem. Transport roots are visible in the siding roads like Colby Siding Rd and Blackstone Siding Rd, which indicate the importance of the rail network to the timber and potato farming economy of the mid-2010s.