Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-26
PASSPORT QUADRANGLE.
Federal Geological Survey and State Of
Maine Issue New Map.

| Inc United StdleS survey
has just published, in cooperation with
| the State of Maine. a topographic
| map of an area in the southeast cor
ncr of the State, comprising part OF
| Washington county. The area con-
| tains about 220 square miles and is
named the PASSPORT Quadrangle. This
| quadrangle includes the most casterly
| land in the United States, the actual
eastcrnmost point being West Quoddy
| Head, three miles southeast of the
town of Lubec. The 45th parallel of
| latitude forms the northern boundary
| of the quadrangle-the line midway be-
| tween the Equator and the North Pole
'"The coast of Maine is noted for its
| very irregular outline said Hersey
| Munroe, the geological survey topog-
| rapEer in charge of the field party on
| this work, "its estimated length being
| $500 miles in q direct horizontal dis
tance of 200 miles. The EaStport area
shows this characteristic irregularity,
the distance from PASSPORT to Lubec in
an air line being only three miles,
whereas to follow the coast line be-
tween the two points would require
journey of over 100 miles.
The quadrangle contains the city Of
PASSPORT and the towns of Lubec
Pembroke, Dennysville, Perry and
Whiting. Eastpcrt on Moose Island,
was first settled in 1850, and for a time
was known by the name of the island
1t has a population of over 5000, with
large shipping, fish. cod OIL lumber and
other interests is the customs house
headquarters for the district of Passa-
l,n ,fS
steamship lines and of the Washington
county railroad which traverses the
northern portion of the quadrangle,
"ThC tribe of Passamaquoddy Indians
lives at Pleasant Point. They devote
themselves largely to fishing. but
also mako fancy and useful baskets
and their snowshoes are fine examples
of their craft
''1'hc scenery in this quadrangle is
typical of that of the Maine coast
The views from Quoddy head and East
pert are noted for their beauty. The
topography of the country is very
broken, consisting of low granite hills.
covered with pine trees nearly to their
tops. These hills average 100 feet
above sea level adjacent to the coast
line and 200 to 300 feet in the interior.
Mount Tom, in the extreme northwest
corner of the quadrangle. is the high
est point. its summit reaching 400 feet.
The area between Dennysvillc and
Whiting is Noted for it's almost impen-
etrahle character of growth and the
surveying party spent many hard days
there in crawling through the under
brush with tape and plain table.
1.-THE PASSPORT sheet shows all the
physical characteristics of the area
surveyed, graphically portraying the
elevation. drainage, etc, in sufficient
detail for the determination of any en-
cheering undertaking desired, be-
sides showing all the works of man,
such as towns, individual houses,
roads, etc 1t shows the channel of
Quoddy Roads, Friar Roads and West
err passage, which connects the At
lantic ocean and Passamaquoddy bay
and forms a part of the boundary line
between the United states and Canada;
also the coast line of parts of Deer
island and Campobello island, in Ne"
Brunswick
The map as stated. has been COM
pleted and can now be procured from
the director of the United states geo
logical survey, Washington. d. c., for
the nominal price of five cents a copy
or So a hundred, which merely covers
costs of paper and printing. The cost
of surveying the PASSPORT quadrangle
and making the map has been S2?29
one-half of which has been paid by
the state of Maine and onehalf by the
Federal survey.