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2018 Map of Bruce

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Bruce
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The village of Bruce serves as a central hub in this Rusk County landscape, situated near the sweeping curve of the Chippewa River. The village layout is defined by a grid of residential streets like N 1st St and E Washington Ave, anchored by local landmarks including the Po and several community burial grounds. To the west, the settlements of Apollonia are represented by the Apollonia Protestant Cem and Apollonia Catholic Cem, providing critical geographic markers for genealogists tracing early families in the area.

Water dominates the topography, from the marshy reaches of Soft Maple Cr and Devils Cr to the larger recreational bodies of Amacoy Lake and Bruce Lake. The network of rural roads, including Hutchinson Rd N and Sunny Hill Rd, connects these scattered water features and provides a detailed view of property access and land use in the early 21st century. The map illustrates a region where timber and water resources have long shaped the local economy and settlement patterns.