1946 Map of Bruneau Creek

About this map

Mt Horace Greeley anchors the northern elevations of this Keweenaw Peninsula landscape, overlooking a complex drainage system that defines the local geography. The waters of Lake Gratiot dominate the northeastern shoreline, fed by mountain runoff through Fisher Creek and Nine Mile Creek. This 1946 survey, with revisions from 1975 aerial photography, reveals a wilderness partitioned by the boundary between Keweenaw County and Houghton County. To the south, the landscape transitions into a network of low-lying waterways including the Tobacco River and Traverse River, which wind through the township of Sherman. The mapping of Bruneau Creek and Snake Creek illustrates the intricate hydrological patterns of this Upper Michigan region, showing how the terrain funnels into the larger river systems that once supported the area's timber and mineral interests.