1977 Map of Stony Brook

About this map

The Maine-Quebec borderlands are captured in this 1977 orthophotoquad, showing a landscape defined by timber and hydrology rather than human settlement. The imagery, rectified from October 1977 aerial photography, highlights the intricate drainage patterns of the region, where Stony Brook and Wood Stream cut through dense forest cover. Unlike traditional topographic maps, this photographic survey reveals the actual texture of the woods and the precise boundaries of water bodies like Little Big Wood Pond. The lack of named roads or buildings emphasizes the industrial and recreational isolation of this Somerset County territory, where the North Branch Wood Stream winds through a terrain shaped by glacial history and seasonal water flow.