Vermont
Caspian Lake
A bathymetric depth map of Caspian Lake, Vermont, drawn from real lake survey data in a minimalist contour-line design.
Wallace Stegner summered here for roughly fifty years and is buried in the cemetery above the lake.
$50
Ink & paper: Lake Blue
Size: 12×18"
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+ Details
- 12 × 18 inches
- Drawn on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton paper
- Precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, protected, ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. Mechanical precision, plus the texture and small imperfections of real ink on paper.
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+ About this map
Wallace Stegner summered on Caspian Lake for roughly fifty years, minus a brief exile of his own making. His 1947 novel Second Growth portrayed the townspeople of Greensboro, the village at the lake’s edge in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, unflatteringly enough that many took offense, and the Stegners stayed away for a few summers. He returned, set Crossing to Safety on this clear, cold, spring-fed lake, and he and his wife Mary are buried in the Lincoln-Noyce Cemetery above it: a Pulitzer Prize winner at permanent rest among the neighbors he once offended.
The depth contours match the lake’s reputation. From a clean, simple shoreline the lines step steadily down to a central basin about 100 feet deep, tightening where the glacial bowl falls away and easing across the sandy shallows near the village beach. The map is spare and orderly, much like the lake itself: no islands, no maze of coves, just a deep, clear basin held in a ring of hills.
+ Map details
- Caspian Lake
- Vermont
- United States
- New England
- 44.5850N 72.3117W
- Lake bathymetric depth map
- Original pen plot, archival ink on cotton paper
- 8 × 12 in · 12 × 18 in · 18 × 24 in
- Max depth 100 ft
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