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1953 Map of Cohasset West

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Cohasset West
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Deer Lake and its intricate shoreline dominate this northern Minnesota landscape, where numerous bays and islands like Crawford Island define the local topography. This 1950s-era survey, with updates from the late 1960s, documents the area just west of the Cohasset settlement. The Mississippi River winds through the southern portion of the sheet, feeding into Blackwater Lake and Jay Gould Lake, while the Burlington Northern railroad cuts a diagonal path across the wetlands and forests, parallel to a major pipeline.

Large portions of the western half are situated within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, showing a terrain transition from the high-density lake country of the north to the river-and-creek lowlands of Bass Brook. Researchers will find specific local markers such as the Pinchery Landing Strip and various named water bodies like Warbaurg Lake and Little Drum Lake, which reflect the region's dense hydrologic network.