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1955 Map of Round Pond

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Round Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1957
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1957

About this map

The St John River and its major tributaries define this mid-century survey of the northern Maine woods, capturing a remote landscape managed for forestry and border security. The confluence of the Big Black River and the St. John is marked by the Immigration Service Camp and a Forest Service Camp, signifying the area's role as a monitored frontier. Navigation along these waterways is punctuated by natural obstacles like Big Black Rapids and Priestly Rapids, which dictated the movement of timber and travelers before the expansion of modern road networks.

In the southeastern portion of the quadrangle, the Allagash River flows past Round Pond and a Game Warden Camp, highlighting the traditional importance of these waters for wilderness management. The interior is characterized by a dense network of brooks such as Ben Glazier Brook and McKinnon Brook that drain the high ground of Musquacook Mtn. The map preserves the township-and-range divisions, like T 14 R 13, that organized this timber-rich territory.