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1960 Map of Brule Lake

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Brule Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Brule Lake and the surrounding glacial lake system dominate this map of the Minnesota wilderness, representing a critical watershed within the Superior National Forest. This 1960 survey, updated in the mid-1980s, delineates the boundary of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, where an intricate network of portages and water routes connects bodies like Winchell Lake and Davis Lake. The map reveals the high elevations of the Misquah Hills and provides specific navigational details such as depth curves and the location of a Boat Ramp and the Brule Lake Lookout Tower.

The landscape is characterized by its numerous named islands and bays, including Fishbox Island and Jock Mock Bay, which underscore the region's history as a destination for remote recreation and conservation. Transitioning southward into the Pat Bayle State Forest, the terrain remains densely wooded and largely undeveloped, with family-named or descriptive landmarks like Jock Mock Point and North Cone Lake providing the only points of orientation in this vast water-and-forest matrix.