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2019 Map of Canby

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Canby
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

The town of Canby serves as the focal point for this western Minnesota landscape, situated at the intersection of a well-defined grid of section roads and regional thoroughfares. This agricultural corridor is marked by a notable concentration of rural burial grounds, including Saint Peters Cem, Saint Pauls Cem, and Saint Stephens Cem, which serve as vital landmarks for genealogists and local historians. To the northwest, the small settlement of Burr anchors the corner of Yellow Medicine County near the border of Lincoln County.

The hydrology of the region is defined by the winding courses of the Lac qui Parle River and its tributaries, such as Canby Cr and Lazarus Cr, which break the geometric precision of the township lines. Further south, Trinity Cem and Swenson Cem sit along the drainage of Mud Cr. This 2019 survey documents the enduring layout of these rural townships, from the airstrip at Myers Field to the section boundaries of t115n r46w and t114n r45w.