1975 Map of Wabassus Lake NW

About this map

West Grand Lake dominates this aerial perspective of the Maine wilderness, its intricate shoreline and deep-water coves seen here in late autumn. The 1975 photoimagery reveals a landscape of dense forest and glacial hydrology, where the high ground of Dark Cove Mountain rises above the surrounding timberland. This orthophotoquad provides an unvarnished look at the region’s topography before digital mapping, capturing the literal texture of the woods and the precise boundaries of the lake's many inlets. It is a document of the Maine North Woods during a period of industrial forestry, showing the network of logging tracks and clearings that cut through the canopy between the water's edge and the mountain slopes.