A Draught of a Rout from Fort Pownall on Penobscot River by way of Piscataquess River, Lake Sabim, Wolf River, and the River Chaudiere, to Quebec, and back again to Fort Pownall, by Penobscot River.

Map

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Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Name/Title

A Draught of a Rout from Fort Pownall on Penobscot River by way of Piscataquess River, Lake Sabim, Wolf River, and the River Chaudiere, to Quebec, and back again to Fort Pownall, by Penobscot River.

Entry/Object ID

WHC 2018.8.1

Description

A 2018 color reproduction of a 1764 map detailing a route from Fort Pownall to Quebec via different rivers in Maine. "Taken by order of his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq. Governor of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1764." The original map is in the collections of the Maine State Archives. See also WHC 2022.4 in Folder B: PLAN of the interior parts of the Countrey from Penobscot to Quebec, by a scale of 25 miles to an inch. Joseph Chadwick, Surveyor. Explorative Map for a Road to Quebec, 1762. Two copies. Note: "Add a copy of the transcript of the surveyor's journal."

Collection

Camden Public Library Map Collection

Cataloged By

Marie Stickney

Acquisition

Accession

WHC 2018.8

Source or Donor

Donovan Bowley

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Map

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cartograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Maps, Rivers

Search Terms

Fort Pownal, Quebec, Penobscot River, Wolf River, Lake Sabim, Chaudiere River, Maps, Maine

Map Details

Scale

None given

Area or Region

Location

Penobscot River, Maine

Date Published

1764

Map Notes

Date(s) Created: Original, 1764; reproduction printed 2018.

Parts

1 reproduction map, 26 x 17.5 in. Sheets: 1

Location

Location

Drawer

Folder B

Cabinet

Map Case

Building

Walsh History Center

Category

Permanent

Date

October 21, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Apr 11, 2018

Examined By

Marie Stickney

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bernard, Francis

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Marie Stickney Status Date: 2018-04-11

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

April 11, 2018

Updated By

Administrator (Marie)

Update Date

April 27, 2022