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1944 Map of Scraggly Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 1944

About this map

Baskahegan Lake and the surrounding timberlands of northern Washington County dominate this 1941 survey, revealing a landscape defined by an intricate network of waterways and wetlands. The map details the transition from the sprawling Big Bog and Crabtree Bog into the more mountainous terrain to the south, where Musquash Mountain and Mt Delight rise above the basin. The topographical data, compiled by surveyors F. F. Blankenbaker and L. H. Corn, captures the region just before mid-century shifts in land management.

Transportation is limited to a handful of primary routes connecting the townships of Topsfield and Talmadge. Local geography is marked by descriptively named features such as Black Cat Rips, Lathrop Heath, and Alder Brook Swamp, which indicate the challenging nature of the terrain for early settlers and loggers. This sheet provides a clear view of the wilderness character of the Grand Lake Stream area, tracing the remote brooks and ridges that have long shaped the history of eastern Maine.