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1970 Map of Devlin

Name: 1970 Topographic Map of Devlin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

About this map

The Rainy River forms a wide, international boundary between Ontario and Minnesota in this 1970 orthophotomap, showing the binational character of the northern frontier. While the northern half of the sheet is dominated by the Canadian National railroad and the township of Devlin, the southern section features the dense timberlands of the Smokey Bear State Forest. The topography is distinctly low-lying, shaped by the confluence where the Big Fork River joins the Rainy.

Evidence of seasonal land use and local infrastructure is found in the Old Railroad Grade and a designated Winter Trail cutting through the forest. Small settlements like La Vallee and Box Alder are scattered across the landscape, connected by a network of drainage and minor waterways including Turner Creek and the La Vallee River. This survey captures a specific moment when high-altitude photography was beginning to provide new precision to the mapping of these border forests.