1989 Map of Ragmuff Stream

About this map

Ragmuff Stream winds through the densely forested township blocks of Piscataquis County, where the commercial timber landscape is defined by remote watercourses and private access roads. In the southern reach of this territory, the West Branch Penobscot River flows past Big Island, a significant waterway for the region's logging history and river driving era. The landscape is a network of named drainages including Dead Man Brook, Fox Brook, and Brandy Bk, supporting small bodies of water like McGooseley Pond and Loon Lake. Human activity in these interior woods is evidenced by a Landing Strip and a Gravel Pit, markers of the infrastructure required to manage these vast timberlands. The grid-like organization of the W.E.L.S. (West of the East Line of the State) townships, such as T 5 R 14 W E L S, illustrates the systematic partitioning of the Maine North Woods.