1949 Map of West Lubec

About this map

The coastal headlands of Denbow Neck and Seward Neck define this Down East landscape at the close of the 1940s. The survey illustrates a region where maritime geography dictates local life, from the deep waters of the Grand Manan Channel to the sheltered inlets of Baileys Mistake and Federal Harbor. Small rural centers such as West Lubec and North Lubec are shown connected by a network of roads that wind around extensive inland wetlands labeled simply as Heath. Genealogists and local historians can pinpoint the locations of civic foundations like the Wilcox Sch and Crow Neck Sch, alongside the West Lubec Cem. Notable landforms like Porcupine Mtn and Cobble Hill stand as prominent markers above a shoreline carved into numerous coves and points, including the distinct Jim Head and Boot Head peninsulas.