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1948 Map of Donnybrook

Name: 1948 Topographic Map of Donnybrook
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1948
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1948

About this map

Donnybrook serves as the focal point of this late 1940s landscape, situated at the confluence of several prominent coulees and the Des Lacs River. The town sits at a critical junction of the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie and Great Northern railroads, which parallel the river valley. To the northwest, the Des Lacs Migratory Bird Refuge Boundary encompasses Des Lacs Lake and Lower Des Lacs Lake, protected by engineering features like Dam No 7A Spillway and Dam No 8.

The surrounding uplands in Greenbush and Carbondale townships are marked by a regular grid of numbered country schools, including School No 1 and School No 4. Local genealogy is well-represented by several burial grounds, such as Odd Fellows Cem, Holbrook Cem, and the Marble Point Cem near the prominent Marble Point landmark. Rugged terrain is defined by numerous drainage features like Spencer Coulee, McIntosh Coulee, and Berg Coulee.