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1969 Map of Heart Lake

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Heart Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

White Earth Indian Reservation Boundary bisects this landscape of the late 1960s, where water and forest define the terrain. The area is heavily marked by the conservation and management efforts of the White Earth State Forest and the Clearwater State Wildlife Management Area. A complex network of glacial lakes and sloughs, including Long Lake, Heart Lake, and Bagley Slough, feed into systems like the Wild Rice River.

Evidence of earlier infrastructure is found in the Old RR Grade and Railroad Grade cutting through the northeast, while local history is anchored by School No 160 and the Stevens Cem near Sucker Creek. The southern reaches transition into the Mississippi Headwaters State Forest, reflecting a region where industrial remnants of rail transport meet a preserved natural environment near the source of the Mississippi.