1932 Map of Second Lake

About this map

Second Lake and the upper reaches of the Connecticut Lake system anchor this 1927 survey of the northernmost New Hampshire wilderness. The landscape is defined by its industrial timber heritage, evidenced by a network of numbered logging camps such as Camp No 34 and Camp No 8, alongside landmarks like Schoppe Dam on Third Lake. This era shows a primitive infrastructure where the River Road and a few scattered settlements like Idlewild and Camp Otter provided the only human outposts amidst the peaks of Salmon Mtn and Magalloway Mtn. The map documents the intricate drainage basins of the Dead Diamond River and Little Magalloway River along the Maine-New Hampshire and Canada-United States borders, capturing a moment when the high country was primarily the domain of loggers and early sporting camps.