1967 Map of Elephant Lake

A tangible look at early industrial and transit footprints is found in the south, where an Old Railroad Grade and a designated Portage point to the logistical history of timber and travel through this lake-heavy region. Small-scale resource extraction is noted at a Gravel Pit near Bug Creek, while the National Forest Boundary separates these managed timberlands. This map, based on 1960s photography and updated in the 1980s, preserves the mid-century character of these protected Minnesota forests before modern developments altered the wilderness periphery.