Edwin Emery, in his book The History of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900, describes how Picture Pond got its name:
“The name of Picture Pond came from the “Picture Tree” standing on its shore, which received its name from the following circumstance: About 1754, ” a daughter of Peter Morrell, a Quaker, on the northeast side of Berwick, went out on a Sunday morning into the woods, near her father’s house, to gather hemlock bows (boughs) for a broom; the savages shot her and carried away her head, not having time to take off her scalp.” When they reached Picture Pond they engraved an image of the child upon an old pine tree, which for years was a noted landmark in that vicinity.”
Picture Pond Reserve is a 30.6 acre parcel located in Sanford’s southern, 7-Ponds area, northwest from the Sanford Regional Airport, near the North Berwick boundary. The area drains into Little Red Brook, a headwater of the Great Works River in the Salmon Falls Watershed. Obtained as mitigation for unavoidable impacts to other wetlands, a registered Conservation Declaration dictates that the property will be maintained in its natural condition forever. One of the few exceptions to the Declaration is the allowance, with Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineer approval, is the creation of trails, boardwalks, and signage for the express purpose of promoting conservation, scientific, and educational values.
( More geologic, botanical, and zoological information to come. )
Mousam Way Land Trust 