{"product_id":"map-of-brunswick-maine-by-usgs-1980-bowdoin-college-androscoggin-river-merrymeeting-bay","title":"Map of Brunswick, Maine by USGS, 1980 – Bowdoin College, Androscoggin River \u0026 Merrymeeting Bay","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1984 using survey data from 1980, the “Brunswick Quadrangle” captures a richly detailed portrait of mid-coast Maine at the precise 1:24,000 scale for which United States Geological Survey maps are prized. Centered on Brunswick, the map records a landscape shaped by river, road, coast, woodland, and town life. The Androscoggin River flows through the sheet as both a natural boundary and historical artery, while Maine State Route 1 and Route 24 trace the modern corridors of movement. With its disciplined contouring, carefully differentiated land cover, and crisp depiction of built and natural features, this map offers a compelling snapshot of Brunswick and its environs at a moment when older agricultural, collegiate, military, and industrial landscapes still stood in close relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States Geological Survey brought to this map its long-established tradition of scientific cartography, combining field survey, aerial interpretation, and standardized symbology into a remarkably legible image of the land. Contour lines reveal the subtle elevation changes of coastal Maine: not dramatic mountains, but rolling ground, river terraces, wooded uplands, and low-lying areas approaching Merrymeeting Bay. Watercourses, wetlands, roads, rail lines, cemeteries, farms, and institutional grounds are rendered with the calm authority characteristic of late twentieth-century USGS mapping. The result is not merely a navigational document, but a systematic record of terrain and settlement, showing how Brunswick’s civic center, surrounding villages, agricultural tracts, and transportation routes fit within a broader geographic framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrunswick itself appears as the cultural and geographic heart of the quadrangle, anchored by Main Street and the historic presence of Bowdoin College. The map situates the college within a town whose identity has long blended education, commerce, river access, and regional travel. Nearby features such as Crystal Spring Farm, Reed Farm, St. John’s Cemetery, and Foreside Road evoke older patterns of landholding, burial grounds, rural lanes, and coastal approach roads. Cooks Corner marks a developing commercial node, while Thomas Point Beach suggests the recreational relationship between the community and the tidal waters to the south. Together, these details create a layered image of Brunswick as both an old Maine town and an evolving modern center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Androscoggin River is among the most commanding features shown, sweeping past Brunswick and toward the complex waters of Merrymeeting Bay, where river systems, tidal influence, and marshland converge. Pejepscot Dam points to the region’s long history of harnessing waterpower, an important theme in Maine’s industrial and settlement geography. Bowdoinham and Harpswell appear within the wider spatial network, connecting inland riverine communities with peninsulas, shore roads, and coastal settlements. The map’s treatment of wooded areas and water bodies gives the viewer an immediate sense of the region’s texture: forested parcels, open land, tidal margins, and human corridors interlaced across a landscape defined by both utility and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the map’s most historically resonant elements is Naval Air Station Brunswick, a major twentieth-century presence whose later transformation into Brunswick Landing gives the sheet added documentary value. In 1980, the air station was still an active feature of the local landscape, set beside roads, neighborhoods, and commercial districts that would continue to change in the decades following publication. For collectors, historians, and admirers of Maine geography, the “Brunswick Quadrangle” preserves a measured, authoritative view of a community in transition. It records the relationships between college town, military installation, river power, rural remnants, and coastal access with the understated precision that makes USGS topographic maps enduringly fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrunswick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowdoinham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarpswell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAndroscoggin River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaine State Route 24\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaine State Route 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePejepscot Dam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowdoin College\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeside Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaval Air Station Brunswick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerrymeeting Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerrymeeting Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMain Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas Point Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighland Green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooks Corner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrunswick Landing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrystal Spring Farm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReed Farm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSt. John's Cemetery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePennell Institute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map produced by the United States Geological Survey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated using survey data from 1980 and published with a 1984 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses contour lines to show elevation changes and terrain detail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes water bodies, wooded areas, landforms, roads, and developed areas in typical USGS topographic style.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses color gradations to distinguish different land uses and land cover types.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides insight into land use, urban development, and geographic change in the area since the early 1980s.\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=\"\/es\/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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Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? 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