1963 Map of Friday Bay

About this map

Friday Bay and the interconnected waters of Crooked Lake define this borderland region where the United States and Canada meet. Mapping efforts in the early 1960s documented a pristine wilderness across the Superior National Forest in Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. The landscape is a labyrinth of glacial lakes and portages, including the aptly named sequence of Sunday Bay, Saturday Bay, and Thursday Bay. This survey captures the intricate shoreline of Hunter Island and smaller interior bodies of water like Ritual Lake and Papoose Lake. The absence of roads or permanent settlements highlights the area's character as a primitive corridor for canoe travel, where drainage systems like Bunggee Creek and Thunder Creek weave through a terrain dominated by water and rock.