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1950 Map of Greenland

Name: 1950 Topographic Map of Greenland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

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Lake Superior dominates the northern edge of this copper country survey, where the rugged shoreline at Fourteenmile Point and its lighthouse give way to a landscape defined by timber and mineral extraction. The interior is densely dotted with logging outposts including Abbott-Fox Camp, Hilger Camp, and numbered sites like Camp 13, suggesting a period of active forestry across the Baraga and Greenland State Forests.

Industrial history is centered around the settlements of Greenland and Mass, where the mining economy is visible through the Copper Range Railroad and several mining sites. While operations like the Adventure Mine and Lake Mine are noted as inactive by 1950, they remained critical landmarks alongside the working California Mine. The presence of an Old Railroad Grade and the Grade label further southwest trace the receding footprint of earlier transport networks that once served these remote Upper Peninsula townships.