1962 Map of Gatzke NW

About this map

Thief Lake dominates the northern reaches of this Marshall County landscape, where the waters are managed within the Thief Lake State Wildlife Management Area. To the south, the terrain transitions into the complex wetlands of the Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, a labyrinth of managed waters including the Tamarack Pool and Webster Creek Pool. This 1962 survey, updated with purple revisions in 1984, preserves a record of the Old Indian Treaty Boundary cutting diagonally across the marshy lowlands of Whiteford. Sparse rural development is centered around the Thief River, where Our Savior Ch and scattered town halls serve the farming community. The map provides specific depth soundings for the various pools, documenting the aquatic environment before modern shifts in drainage or management.