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1904 Map of Tenants Harbor

Name: 1904 Topographic Map of Tenants Harbor
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Tenants Harbor serves as a focal point for this coastal survey of the Knox County shoreline, where the village is sheltered by Harts Neck and the surrounding islands. The landscape is defined by its maritime dependencies, featuring the active Steamboat Route that navigates through the treacherous Muscle Ridge Channel. Small settlements such as Martinsville and Elmore dot the mainland, while the archipelago including Clark Island, Rackliff Island, and Hurricane I illustrates the scattered nature of local habitations and granite-rich outcroppings.

Further offshore, the map captures isolated landforms like Metinic Island and the rugged The Nubble, alongside vital navigation aids like the LH at Whitehead. The intricate coastline is etched with coves such as Watts Cove and Long Cove, where the interaction of the ST George River and the Atlantic Ocean shaped the early fishing and quarrying economy of this Maine region. This representation reflects the turn-of-the-century topography as documented by T. Foster Slaughter and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.