1975 Map of Wabassus Lake NE

About this map

Grand Lake Stream serves as the primary human settlement in this mid-1970s orthophotoquad, situated near the confluence of local waterways. The aerial imagery captures the dense forest canopy and intricate shoreline of Washington County, where elevations rise toward Wabassus Mountain and Little River Mountain. Unlike a traditional topographic map, this survey uses rectified photography to reveal the precise density of timberlands and the footprint of small clearings at a 1:24,000 scale. The course of the Little River is clearly visible as it winds through the timber and lowlands south of the village. This perspective highlights the isolation of the northern Maine woods, showing the limited network of logging roads and trails that connected these remote heights and drainage basins before the turn of the century.