1918 Map of Hemmington

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The International Boundary between Canada and the United States marks the northern limit of this northern Minnesota landscape, where the Provencher District of Manitoba meets the townships of McKinley and Blooming Valley. This 1918 tactical survey shows an area defined by extensive drainage efforts, with numerous Ditches and segments of State Ditch cutting through vast stretches of Swamp to reclaim the land for agriculture. Settlement is sparse, clustered around the Minn. St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railroad line in the southwest, including the crossing at Farm Xing. Local life is anchored by a few rural landmarks, such as the Cem. and School near Hemmington, and several other isolated schoolhouses and a Church that served the pioneer farming families of Poppleton and Cannon.