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2022 Map of Iron Lake

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Iron Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

Superior National Forest encompasses this wilderness landscape along the international border, where the waters of the United States of America meet Canada. The area is defined by a complex network of glacial lakes and interconnecting waterways, including the expansive Lac la Croix and Iron Lake. This map captures a remote section of the Boundary Waters region where travel is primarily restricted to water and established portage trails.

Historic transit routes are preserved here through several named trails, such as the Iron-Crooked Trl and the Stuart River Trl, which provide overland passage between isolated water bodies like Stuart Lake and Nibin Lake. The hydrology is intricate, with the Beartrap River and Sterling Creek winding through the dense forest cover. This survey serves as a modern record of a landscape that remains largely unchanged in its fundamental geography since the era of the early fur traders and indigenous travelers.