1969 Map of Big Rush Lake

About this map

White Earth State Forest blankets much of this northern Minnesota landscape, where the terrain is defined by an intricate network of glacial lakes and wetlands. The community of Pinepoint appears in the southeast, anchored by a Community Hall and surrounded by numerous unnamed seasonal roads and trails. This 1969 field-checked survey reveals a quiet, interior region of the White Earth Indian Reservation just as modern bathymetric data was being integrated into topographic mapping. Notable water bodies including Big Rush Lake, with its marked depth curves, and the Valley Lake sit alongside smaller features like Kneebone Lake and Camp Seven Lake. Evidence of local infrastructure is present in the form of a Spillway Elev 1581 and several gravel pits, reflecting the area's ongoing road maintenance and water management in the late 1960s.