The Kettle River meanders through this landscape in Carlton County, defining a region characterized by its intricate water systems and rural road networks. Flowing through the townships of T47N and T48N, the river is joined by smaller tributaries like Gillespie Brook and the W Fork Moose Horn River. This 2019 survey documents a sparsely populated area where local infrastructure follows family and geographic naming traditions. Notable local landmarks include the Leonard Cem and a dense grid of township roads such as Heikkila Rd, Reuben Johnson Rd, and Antila Rd. The map illustrates the persistent 19th-century Public Land Survey System boundaries that continue to shape the modern parceling and transit routes of northern Minnesota, from Co Hwy 6 in the south to the northern reaches of E Four Corners Rd.
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This is the sole edition of this map. No revisions or reprints were ever made.
1953 · Duluth
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Sawyer
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1956 · Barnum
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1958 · Duluth
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1961 · Cromwell
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1961 · Moose Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1962 · Bruno
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1980 · Sandstone
USGS Topo · 1:100,000
1980 · Duluth
USGS Topo · 1:100,000
1981 · Kettle River
USGS Topo · 1:24,000