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2019 Map of Felch

Name: 2019 Topographic Map of Felch
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2019
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2019

About this map

Felch serves as a central point in this northern Michigan landscape, where the local cemetery and secondary roads like Felch Mountain Rd connect the small community to the surrounding timberlands and waterways. The drainage of the W Br Sturgeon River dominates the central terrain, punctuated by Upper Mill Pond Falls and Lower Mill Pond Falls to the northwest. This topography highlights the area's industrial and natural heritage, with Calumet Mine Rd hinting at the iron mining history that once defined Dickinson County.

The network of creeks and small lakes, including Moose Lake, Roosevelt Lake, and Finn Town Cr, suggests a landscape shaped by both glacial activity and early resource extraction. Routes like Camp Suicide Rd and Nurse Carlson Rd reflect the localized, often personal naming conventions of the region's rural development. Small outposts like Spruce and geographic markers such as Quarry Creek further illustrate the transition between settlement and the dense Upper Peninsula forest.