2022 Map of Caribou

About this map

Roseau River meanders across the northern reaches of this borderlands terrain, a landscape defined by the low-lying wetlands of the far northern Minnesota prairie. Near the settlement of Caribou, the presence of Saint Michaels Greek Orthodox Cem and Saint John's Cem provides a direct link to the community's early immigrant heritage. The map documents a highly managed water system where the natural river course is supplemented by massive engineering works like State Ditch Number Fiftyone and Judicial Ditch Number Fiftythree. These drainage networks, alongside a grid of section roads including 400th St and 340th St, reveal the persistent effort to transform the wet prairie for agricultural use at the turn of the 21st century. The boundary between Kittson Co and Roseau Co runs vertically through the center, marking a divide in this remote rural expanse.