1949 Map of Holyoke

About this map

The Minnesota-Wisconsin borderlands appear here as a landscape defined by timber, water, and the reach of the rail line just after the war. The settlement of Foxboro and the nearby Nelson Sch anchor the northern portion of the survey, where the Minneapolis St Paul and Sault Ste Marie RR cuts across the state line. Much of the western interior remains a sprawling Unsurveyed Area, contrasting with the intricate network of water in the east, including Black Lake and the winding Black River. These hydrological features, along with Balsam Creek and East Br Hay Creek, illustrate the low-lying, marshy terrain of the region. The map preserves the transition between Carlton and Pine Counties in Minnesota and Pine and Douglas Counties in Wisconsin.