AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL CENSUS TRACT OUTLINE MAP (CENSUS 2000) 46.244883N 68.988106W 68.037534W Snowshoe Lake Snowshoe Lake Scraggly Lake LEGEND

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AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL CENSUS TRACT OUTLINE MAP (CENSUS 2000) 46.244883N 68.988106W 68.037534W Snowshoe Lake Snowshoe Lake Scraggly Lake LEGEND 46.244883N AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL CENSUS TRACT OUTLINE MAP (CENSUS 2000) 46.244883N 68.988106W 68.037534W Snowshoe Lake Snowshoe Lake Scraggly Lake LEGEND White SYMBOL NAME STYLE Horse Lake INTERNATIONAL AIR (FEDERAL) Trust Land OTSA / TDSA Mud Pond AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL SUBDIVISION 2nd AIR (State) Lake SDAISA Grand Lake Matagamon Rockabema Lake T2760 Sawtelle Brook Place within Subject Entity 290 Mud Lake Incorporated Place / CDP Place outside of Subject Entity Pleasant Lake Incorporated Place / CDP Tribal Census Tract 1 Hay Lake ABBREVIATION REFERENCE: AIR = American Indian Reservation; Trust Land = Off−Reservation Trust Land; OTSA = Oklahoma Tribal; Statistical Area; TDSA = Tribal Designated Statistical Area; Pickett Mountain Pond SDAISA = State Designated American Indian Statistical Area; CDP = Census Designated Place Upper Shin Pond Jerry Pond Lower Shin Pond Meduxnekeag Lake Military Inset Out Area 1 This map shows tribal census tract boundaries and numbers. A tribal census tract is a type of census tract defined within a federally recognized American Indian reservation or off−reservation trust land for the purpose of providing data based on an American Indiani hierarchy rather than by state and county. OFF−RESERVATION TRUST LAND NAMES T2760 Penobscot Skitacook Lake Pleasant Lake Upper Mattawamkeag Lake Lunksoos Lake Wassataquoik Lake Mattawamkeag River AROOSTOOK 003 PENOBSCOT 019 Mattawamkeag Lake PENOBSCOT 019 PISCATAQUIS 021 W Branch Mattawamkeag River C aribou Lake Seboeis River Katahdin Lake Wassataquoik Stream Macwahoc Lake Lower Macwahoc Lake Upper Togue Pond Rush Pond West Branch Penobscot River Lower Togue Pond Macwahoc Stream Hale Pond H urd Pond Wytopitlock Lake Debsconeag Deadwater Plunkett Pond E Branch Penobscot River Millinocket Lake F linn Pond Passamagamet Lake Salmon Ambajejus Lake Stream Lake Pemadumcook Lake Jo−Mary Lake Smith Pond Molunkus Lake Millinocket 45845 Dolby Pond North Twin Lake Middle Jo−Mary Lake Elbow Ferguson Lake Lake Quakish Ferguson Lake Lake East Turkey Tail Lake Millinocket 21065 Key to Adjacent Sheets South Twin Lake Shad Pond Sheet Location within Entity Mattaseunk Lake Salmon Stream AROOSTOOK 003 West Branch Penobscot River 1 Upper Jo− PENOBSCOT 019 Mary Lake Mattawamkeag River Penobscot River 34 Mattasunk Lake 80.02 PENOBSCOT RES (2760) SHEET 1 OF 4 PARENT SHEETS Nollesemic Lake 9529 9529 TOTAL SHEETS: 5 (Index 1; Parent 4; Inset 0) PENOBSCOT RES (2760) 45.576623N 45.576623N 68.988106W 68.037534W N ENTITY TYPE: American Indian Reservation 5 4 3 2 1 0 5 mi W E NAME: Penobscot Reservation and Off−Reservation Trust Land (2760) ST: Maine S 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 8 km All legal boundaries and names are as of January 1, 2000. The boundaries shown on this map are for Census The plotted map scale is 1:100000 Bureau statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement. AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL CENSUS TRACT OUTLINE MAP (Census 2000) Source: U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER database (Census 2000) Projection: State−based Alber's Equal Area (2KAITRT) 41927600010000000000 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau.
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