2020 Map of Bowbells NE

About this map

Upper Des Lacs Lake dominates the central corridor of this North Dakota landscape, cutting a deep valley through the northern prairie. This section of the High Plains, mapped in 2020, sits immediately adjacent to the international border, where the rural grid of Burke and Renville counties meets the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The terrain is defined by the sharp contrast between the flat upland agricultural fields and the wooded, winding coulees that drain into the lake bed. A systematic network of section-line roads, including Co 2 and 108th St Nw, provides access to the remote farmsteads that characterize this borderland region. The map captures the intersection of the Burke and Renville county line as it traverses the lake, illustrating how political boundaries were superimposed upon the natural geography of the Des Lacs River valley.