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1963 Map of Woodstock

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Woodstock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

The Saint John River valley anchors this mid-century portrait of the international borderlands, where the agricultural heart of Aroostook County, Maine, meets the timberlands of New Brunswick. Along the western edge, the agricultural centers of Houlton and Fort Fairfield are linked by the Bangor & Aroostook RR and U S 1, serving the region's potato-growing industry. Crossing into Canada, the terrain transitions into the dense forests of the Miramichi Highlands, drained by the vast networks of the Miramichi River and Southwest Miramichi River.

Infrastructure in the early 1960s was defined by a dense web of rail lines, including the Canadian Pacific RR and Canadian National RR, which supported remote logging settlements like Napadogan and McGivney. Large wilderness tracts are designated for conservation or military use, notably the Bantalor Game Refuge and the sprawling Camp Gagetown Military Reservation. Numerous family-named ridges and peaks, such as Raymond Mountain and Beadle Mountain, dot the landscape between the river valleys.