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1968 Map of Betsy Lake North

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Betsy Lake North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Lake Superior dominates the northern horizon of this coastal survey, where the lighthouse at Crisp Point stands as a lonely sentinel over the shoreline. Located within the Lake Superior State Forest, this region of McMillan is characterized by an intricate network of inland water bodies and wetlands. The map details the winding courses of the Two Hearted River and the Little Two Hearted River as they thread through a landscape punctuated by Culhane Lake, Bodi Lake, and the expansive Betsy Lake to the south.

A system of jeep trails provides the primary means of navigation through the marshy interior, connecting various campgrounds near Little Lake and the Muskrat Lakes. The presence of a Gravel Pit and several named water bodies like Section Five Lake and the Parcell Lakes suggests a landscape managed for both timber and recreation during the late 1960s. This survey offers a precise record of the shoreline geometry and the primitive road network before modern developments reached this part of the Upper Peninsula.