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1954 Map of Keweenaw Bay

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Keweenaw Bay
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Keweenaw Bay defines this mid-century survey of the Upper Peninsula, where the shoreline is dotted with industrial and missionary history. At the southern head of the bay, the settlements of Baraga and L'Anse serve as primary hubs, while the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic railroad corridor traces the western coast through Assinins and Keweenaw Bay. The map captures the specialized geography of the Abbey Peninsula, featuring the small community of Aura with its Aura Cemetery and Aura School.

Evidence of the region's diverse heritage is found in the Indian Cemetery near Zeba and the isolated fishing and sandstone quarrying locales like Jacobsville and Portage Entry at the mouth of the Portage River. The map also details the transition of earlier transportation routes into an old railroad grade, illustrating how the timber and mineral economies of the Copper Country were already shifting by the early 1950s.