1951 Map of Britt

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Superior National Forest and the Kabetogama State Forest dominate this early 1950s landscape, where public lands and game refuges shape the patterns of settlement. The Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific Railroad cuts a diagonal line across the terrain, passing through the small community of Forsman and continuing south toward Britt. This era of the Iron Range shows a land defined by water and woods, with numerous smaller bodies like Wagon Wheel Lake, Jammer Lake, and New Richmond Lake scattered throughout the glacial terrain.