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1951 Map of Dollar Settlement

Name: 1951 Topographic Map of Dollar Settlement
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1955
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1955

About this map

The shoreline of Whitefish Bay and Pendills Bay defines this coastal stretch of Chippewa County, where local life centered around the namesake Dollar Settlement. This mid-century survey reveals a community equipped with its own Dollar Settlement Sch and Dollar Settlement Cem, situated just inland from the Iroquois Road. Further east, the topography rises toward Mission Hill, which features a Lookout Tower and the Mission Hill Cem overlooking the waters of Monocle Lake and Spectacle Lake.

The southern portion of the map is dominated by the Marquette National Forest and the rail operations of the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railroad near Raco. The landscape transitions from the sandy beaches of Westoris Iroquois Beach and the landmark Point Iroquois to the marshy lowlands drained by Little Waiska Cr and North Br Orrs Cr. This record of the Upper Peninsula captures the era when the Lake Shore Ski Club and local sawmills operated along the rugged Lake Superior coast.