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1900 Map of Orland

Name: 1900 Topographic Map of Orland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1944
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1944

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Phillips Lake and Green Lake anchor the central corridor of this survey, which captures the interior of Hancock and Penobscot counties just before the turn of the century. The Maine Central railroad cuts through the north, providing essential connectivity for settlements like Nicolin and East Holden. The landscape is a dense network of water and ridges, where early industry is represented by the U.S. Fish Hatchery near Alamoosook Lake and the Lake House at the northern tip of Phillips Lake.

Genealogists can trace family-named peaks such as Blaisdell Hill, Dollard Hill, and Button Hill, alongside established coastal-adjacent communities like Orland and Bucks Mills. The numerous mountain ponds and bogs, including Mann Bog and Coon Bog, illustrate the complex drainage patterns feeding the Dead River and Hothole Brook, which were vital to the era's local timber and water-powered economies.