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1982 Map of Escanaba

Name: 1982 Topographic Map of Escanaba
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1982
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1982

About this map

Industrial and timber landscapes define the Upper Peninsula in the early 1980s, where the Chicago and North Western Railroad and Soo Line Railroad converge to serve the iron and wood-pulp economies. The shoreline of Little Bay de Noc is anchored by the hub of Escanaba, while smaller mining and lumber settlements like Vulcan, Norway, and Loretto trace the path of the Sturgeon River and Menominee River.

Extensive state lands, including the Escanaba River State Forest and Copper Country State Forest, dominate the interior, punctuated by hydro-electric features like the Boney Falls Basin. Genealogists and local historians can locate markers of early settlement and industry, from the Appleton Mine near the Wisconsin border to the Fernwood Cem and various gravel pits that supported the region's infrastructure. The map detail extends across several counties, showing the transition from the lakefront ports to the inland forests and ridges of Iron Hill.