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2014 Map of Tenants Harbor

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Tenants Harbor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Tenants Harbor serves as the focal point of this coastal Maine landscape, where the irregular shoreline of Saint George Harbor and Long Cove meets the Atlantic Ocean. The settlement pattern follows the intricate coastline, with clusters of development at Martinsville and Elmore. This era of the harbor's geography is defined by a dense archipelago of named landforms, including Clark Island, Sprucehead Island, and the more isolated Mosquito Island to the south.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several burial grounds preserved in the landscape, such as Seaside Cem, Hillside Cem, and South Parish Cem. The map detail traces the transition from the sheltered waters of Wheeler Bay and Muscle Ridge Channel to the exposed ledges of the open sea. Numerous family-named points and coves, like Seavey Cove and Hawthorn Point, reflect the long-standing maritime and residential heritage of this Knox County peninsula.