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2024 Map of Capeneys Lake

Name: 2024 Topographic Map of Capeneys Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2024
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2024

About this map

Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding wilderness dominate this portion of the Montana prairie, where the landscape transitions from glacial wetlands to the arid stretches of the Missouri Coteau. The map details a complex hydrologic network centered on Medicine Lake and the smaller Capeneys Lake, connected by Lake Creek. These water bodies are critical landmarks in a region defined by its wide horizons and the historical border between the Sheridan and Roosevelt jurisdictions, marked here by the Sheridan-Roosevelt Co Rd.

Local navigation relies on a grid of rural routes such as Ten Mile Rd and Sandhills Rd, which trace the high ground around Gaffney Pass. For researchers and those interested in the public lands of northeastern Montana, the survey clearly delineates the boundaries of the Medicine Lake Wilderness, capturing the modern state of this protected ecosystem and its essential prairie potholes and sandhill terrain.