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1954 Map of Spider Lake

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

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Spider Lake and the complex drainage of the North Maine Woods characterize this mid-century topographic study. The landscape is defined by a dense network of interconnected waterways, including Pleasant Lake, Echo Lake, and the winding Sewall Deadwater. Surveyed just after the war, the map reveals a remote territory organized into survey townships such as T 9 R 11 and T 8 R 11, with transportation limited largely to a Jeep Trail and numerous footpaths marked simply as Trail.

Evidence of fire protection and wilderness management is found at Beetle Mtn, which features a Lookout Tower. The topography is marked by significant elevations like Soper Mtn and Ragged Mtn, while the hydrology flows through major branches like Chase Brook and Munsungun Lake. This record of Piscataquis County provides a clear view of the region's wilderness character before modern commercial forest management reshaped the access patterns of the Maine backcountry.