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1957 Map of Saint Zacharie

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Saint Zacharie
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1961
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1961

About this map

St Zacharie sits at the heart of this international borderlands survey, where the administrative lines of Metgermette Nord and Metgermette Sud meet the Maine-Quebec frontier. The landscape is defined by the complex headwaters of the St. John River system, including the Southwest Branch St John River and numerous remote water bodies like Hurricane Pond and Metgermette Lake. Historically, this area served as a critical corridor for timber and border transit, evidenced by the La Croix Depot and the Boundary Cottage situated directly on the line.

Settlements such as St Prosper de Dorchester and Ste Aurelie are connected by a network of unimproved roads and provincial routes that navigate the dense drainage basins of Riviere Metgermette Nord and the Southwest Abenakis River. Significant local landmarks like the Dominion Experimental Farm and several Sand or Gravel Pits point toward the era's regional agricultural and infrastructure development within the northern wilderness.