2018 Map of Upper McNally Pond

About this map

Upper McNally Pond and the surrounding timberlands of northern Aroostook County are defined by an intricate network of waterways draining through the Maine woods. This remote landscape is shaped by the headwaters of several drainages, including the Little Musquacook Stream and Big Brook. Unlike more settled regions, this area lacks permanent towns, instead showing the infrastructure of the logging industry. Realty Rd provides the primary access through the southern portion of the territory, skirting Squirrel Pond and Squirrel Brook. The nomenclature of the smaller tributaries, such as Twentyfive Mile Brook and the forks of Right Fork Farrar Brook, suggests the historic importance of these streams for navigation or distance marking in the deep forest. The topographic detail reveals a terrain of numerous unnamed ridges and valleys typical of the North Maine Woods, where water bodies like Caribou Brook and Robbins Brook dictated the movement of goods and people.