{"product_id":"old-map-of-stonington-maine-by-usgs-1944-deer-isle-blue-hill-bay-isle-au-haut","title":"Old Map of Stonington, Maine by USGS, 1944 – Deer Isle, Blue Hill Bay \u0026 Isle au Haut","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitled “Deer Isle,” this 1944 U.S. Geological Survey topographical map captures one of Maine’s most intricately indented coastal landscapes at a scale of 1:62,500. Centered on Stonington, the renowned fishing village at the southern end of Deer Isle, the map opens onto a world of harbors, coves, tidal passages, and offshore islands. Blue Hill Bay, Stonington Harbor, Burnt Cove, West Cove, and the Isle au Haut Thorofare give the sheet its maritime rhythm, while the surrounding names—Little Deer Isle, Hockamock Head, East Point, and Wigham Island—evoke a coastline shaped by granite, tide, and weather. Produced during the Second World War era, the map belongs to a period when accurate federal mapping was both a scientific enterprise and a matter of national utility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Geological Survey brought its characteristic precision to this charted corner of coastal Maine, rendering terrain through a disciplined language of contour lines, hydrographic detail, and place-name density. Founded in 1879, the USGS became the authoritative mapper of the American landscape, transforming local geographies into standardized, readable, and widely useful topographic sheets. Here, that methodical approach is particularly well suited to Deer Isle’s broken shore, where modest changes in elevation can define promontories, coves, and settlement patterns. The period color palette, typical of mid-twentieth-century USGS work, distinguishes land, water, relief, and human features with quiet clarity. The result is both technical and elegant: a map that makes a famously complicated coast intelligible without diminishing its wildness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStonington, the map’s principal settlement, anchors the composition with historical and economic significance. Long associated with fishing, quarrying, and maritime trade, the town occupies a dramatic position among sheltered coves and island-studded waters. Stonington Harbor and Burnt Cove suggest the working waterfront, while nearby Deer Isle and Little Deer Isle connect the village to a broader island community shaped by boats, causeways, ferries, and seasonal rhythms. Beyond the town, the map extends toward Frenchboro, Long Island, Isle au Haut, North Haven, and Vinalhaven, placing Stonington within a dense archipelago of coastal life. These names form a cultural geography as much as a physical one, recording the maritime networks that linked communities across Penobscot Bay and the eastern Maine coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topographic character of the map is especially compelling: a rugged littoral terrain of islands, ledges, channels, and uneven uplands. Contour lines trace the rise and fall of the land, clarifying how granite hills descend toward narrow coves and tidal inlets. Features such as Mechaw Bay, Snow Island, Gabbro Island, Dyer’s Island, Turtle Cove, Robinson’s Rocks, and No Man’s Land speak to the hazards and fascinations of navigation in these waters. The Muscle Ridge Channel and Isle au Haut Thorofare appear as important marine corridors, their names hinting at centuries of coastal movement. This is a landscape where geography dictates livelihood, where safe harbor, exposed point, and navigable passage each carry practical and historical weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViewed today, the 1944 “Deer Isle” map offers a valuable record of the Maine coast before later decades of development, environmental management, and changing patterns of tourism and settlement. While the essential drama of the shoreline remains—Blue Hill Bay opening westward, Isle au Haut rising offshore, Stonington facing the sea—the map preserves a mid-century snapshot of roads, communities, and coastal nomenclature. Its detail invites comparison with the present: altered waterfronts, evolving harbors, conservation lands, and the ongoing pressures faced by island communities. More than a navigational or scientific document, it is a portrait of place at a specific historical moment, capturing Deer Isle and its neighboring waters with the sober beauty that defines classic USGS cartography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStonington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeer Isle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Hill Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrenchboro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsle au Haut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth Haven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVinalhaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMechaw Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurnt Cove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSnow Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBass Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Man's Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobinson's Rocks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePulpit Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurtle Cove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGabbro Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDyer's Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsle au Haut Thorofare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Deer Isle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHockamock Head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuscle Ridge Channel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStonington Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest Cove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEast Point\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWigham Island\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitled \u003cstrong\u003e“Deer Isle”\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by the \u003cstrong\u003eU.S. Geological Survey (USGS)\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical \u003cstrong\u003e1:62,500 topographical map\u003c\/strong\u003e showing \u003cstrong\u003eStonington, Maine\u003c\/strong\u003e and the surrounding area, dated \u003cstrong\u003e1944\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe USGS is known for comprehensive topographic mapping and surveying across the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe main subject of the map is \u003cstrong\u003eStonington, Maine\u003c\/strong\u003e, a notable fishing village and town situated on Deer Isle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures a color palette typical of USGS topographic maps from this period, using shades to represent elevations and landforms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates a rugged coastal landscape with islands, inlets, and varying elevations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour lines are used to indicate the area’s topography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSince 1944, geographical features and development in the region may have changed due to urbanization, environmental factors, and coastal management practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/it\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). 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