2016 Map of Brookston NW

About this map

The Saint Louis River snakes through the southern reaches of this Saint Louis County landscape, defining the local drainage patterns alongside the Little Whiteface River. The terrain is characterized by a dense network of wetlands and small glacial lakes, including the aptly named Round Lake, Crooked Lake, and Spider Lake. This 2016 survey captures a remote section of northern Minnesota where transportation is limited to a sparse grid of county routes like Co Hwy 5 and unpaved connectors such as Richardson Rd. Much of the area remains dominated by the natural hydrology of the Arrowhead Region, with Spider Cr and Muskrat Lake situated within a landscape primarily organized by Public Land Survey System townships such as t52n r19w and t52n r18w.