1985 Map of Hallock

About this map

The Burlington Northern railroad corridor anchors the Red River Valley landscape in this mid-1980s look at northwestern Minnesota. Stretching along the international border with Canada, the region is defined by a dense network of water management features including State Ditch No 1 and Judicial Ditch No 32, which drain the flat agricultural plains into the North Branch Two Rivers and Joe River. Large-scale conservation is evident in the sprawling Roseau River State Wildlife Management Area and Lake Bronson State Park, while the local aviation history of the era is captured through numerous private airstrips such as the Nelson Sugden Landing Strip and Lukes Landing Strip. Small prairie towns like Hallock, Lancaster, and Karlstad serve as hubs for this borderland community, situated amidst unique terrain markers like Joppenbury Ridge and Moose Point.