2011 Map of Horse Lake

About this map

Mcclusky Canal cuts through the northwest corner of this Burleigh County landscape, a prominent engineering feature in an otherwise quiet prairie setting. The terrain is defined by scattered water bodies and wetlands, including Horse Lake, Pop Lake, and Pelican Lake, which serve as natural landmarks for the surrounding rural area. A strictly gridded network of section-line roads, such as 184th St NE and 408th Ave NE, organizes the territory into a patchwork of agricultural land. The transition from these local gravel routes to County Hwy 1211 provides the primary infrastructure for the sparsely populated region, illustrating the 21st-century persistence of a historic township-and-range layout. This map records the subtle hydrography of the Northern Plains, from the isolated O'Brien Lake to the artificial path of the canal.