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1954 Map of Shin Pond

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Shin Pond
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Seboeis Farm and Hay Brook Farm stand as isolated clearings in the mid-1950s Maine North Woods, illustrating the enduring agricultural and sporting presence in this remote interior. The landscape is defined by the Seboeis River and the East Branch Penobscot River, where water features like Tiger Rips, Godfrey Pitch, and Grand Pitch suggest the difficult log-driving terrain once central to the region's economy. These river corridors are flanked by prominent elevations including Mount Chase and Snowshoe Mtn.

Sporting culture is evident at the Seboeis Fish and Game Club Camps and Bowlin Camps, reachable only by a network of tote roads and trails. The map documents a time when commercial forestry and seasonal recreation coexisted without permanent towns, save for the outlier at Allsbury near the border of Patten. Genealogists and historians can trace the early infrastructure of the timberlands, from a Forest Service Camp to the numerous deadwaters and ponds such as Lunksoos Lake and Hay Lake.