1943 Map of Wabassus Lake

About this map

Grand Lake and a massive network of interconnected water bodies dominate this 1941 survey of Washington County, Maine. The map illustrates a landscape where early 20th-century life centered on the water, with Grand Lake Stream serving as the primary hub of human activity near the eastern edge. Small camps and named landings like The Birches reflect a region defined by recreational fishing and wilderness passage. The topographic detail shows the complex shoreline of Sysladobsis Lake and Pocumcus Lake, where narrow thoroughfares and coves provided the only transit routes through the timbered hills. This survey, completed just before mid-century, records the primitive road network and the isolation of Third Machias Lake and Wabassus Lake before the expansion of modern infrastructure into this part of the Maine interior.