2013 Map of Juneberry Ridge

About this map

Juneberry Ridge rises slightly above the flat, marshy expanse of this borderland region in the northernmost reaches of Minnesota. The landscape is defined by the strict geometry of early 20th-century water management projects, illustrated by the long, straight channels of State Ditch Number Seventy-two and State Ditch Number Fifty. These engineering works, cutting across the terrain, reveal the intensive effort to drain these northern wetlands for agricultural or navigational purposes. Near the western edge, the land curves at Moose Point, providing one of the few natural topographic variations in a territory dominated by man-made waterways. The map also delineates the boundary where Kittson County and Roseau County meet, showing how political lines bisect this sparsely settled wetland environment.