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1986 Map of Van Buren

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Van Buren
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The St John River corridor serves as the international boundary and economic heart of this region in the mid-1980s, anchoring the sister towns of Van Buren and Saint-Léonard. This survey illustrates the dense cross-border infrastructure required for northern trade, including a Customs office, Port of Entry, and a network of pumping and transmission stations. To the north, the landscape transitions into the smaller rural centers of Keegan and Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, while the uplands around Cyr Plantation and Hamlin show a pattern of gravel extraction and agricultural development.

Industrial and recreational footprints of the era are clearly marked, from the Drive-In Theater on Reservoir Hill to an Abandoned Airfield near Saint-Léonard Provincial Park. The map documents numerous smaller water features feeding into the main river, such as Violette Stream and Hammond Brook, which defined the local topography and historical settlement patterns like the Harrison Brook Settlement.